An investigation of the relationship
between the available time remaining to complete
online assignments and assignment grades is interesting
in light of recent technological developments. This
study uses over 4,000 individual online quiz scores
for four sections of Financial Management at The
University of North Florida taught between the Fall
of 2004 and the Spring of 2005. Empirical analysis
shows the following. 1) There is a strong positive
relationship between the available time remaining
to take a quiz and the quiz score. 2) Students perform
better for higher number quizzes, particularly if
they allow themselves a large amount of time to
take the quiz. 3) Students with either a low previous
quiz average or a failing quiz average continue
to perform poorly on the current quiz, particularly
if they allow themselves relatively little time
to complete the current quiz. 4) The relationship
between the amount of available time remaining students
budgeted to take previous quizzes and the current
quiz score is positive and marginally significant.
Interestingly, students who budgeted less time for
quizzes early in the semester benefit on the last
quiz by earning a higher quiz score, particularly
if they do not allow themselves a lot of time to
take the current quiz. 5) Students who allow themselves
the least amount of available time to take a quiz
could increase their quiz score by about 12 points
for every additional percentage point of available
time remaining they budget for themselves to take
the quiz. The results reported here are interesting
not only for Financial Management courses at The
University of North Florida, but offer some interesting
implications for Financial Management courses across
the country and for projects in any other class. |