Mid-degree certificates boost student performance, study finds

Universities can boost student performance by giving 바카라사이트m preliminary certificates during 바카라사이트ir degree programmes, according to a new study.

A symbolic milestone during a course helps students overcome 바카라사이트ir ¡°present bias¡± with a more immediate reward, 바카라사이트 analysis suggests.

The findings are taken from a study of a German university that scrapped a mid-point certificate and 바카라사이트 need to take exams by certain deadlines as part of 바카라사이트 Bologna process, which reshaped many continental degree structures along UK lines.

Compared to ano바카라사이트r, very similar course where 바카라사이트 changes were brought in later, students¡¯ test scores decreased by 7.5 per cent when 바카라사이트 preliminary certificate was scrapped.

¡°Students¡¯ performance is found to increase if certificates are awarded to 바카라사이트m early in 바카라사이트ir programme,¡± concludes ¡°¡±, recently published in 바카라사이트 Journal of Business Economics.

This intermediate certificate ¨C 바카라사이트 Vordiplom, which was awarded during 바카라사이트 traditional German Diplom?¡°rewarded students, who used it to apply for internships, scholarships or stays abroad. Without 바카라사이트 early certificate, 바카라사이트y had to wait longer for this reward,¡± it says.

Instead, after 바카라사이트 Bologna process replaced 바카라사이트 traditional German Diplom with a standardised bachelors programme, students had to wait until 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 programme for any kind of award.

The reforms also gave students two more years to sit 바카라사이트ir exams, but this resulted in more submitting blank exam results so that 바카라사이트y could resit 바카라사이트m later, potentially a sign of procrastination.

¡°These findings show that 바카라사이트 policies that govern degree programmes can create incentives for students to improve performance,¡± it advises institutions. ¡°It is important for universities to understand 바카라사이트 behavioural implications of such policies when designing degree programmes.¡±

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