“Will I do as well on the final exam as I expect? An examination of students’ expectations”

Burns, David J., “Will I do as well on the final exam as I expect? An examination of students’expectations.” Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 8.3(2008):1-19
David J. Burns carries out a fairly interesting research on students’ expectations. In order to do so, he focuses on factors such as previous performance on the course, grade expectations, as well as constraining impediments like: self-handicapping and anxiety, among others. He intends to determine to what extent those factors could influence students’ predictions of failure or success when facing their final exam. Despite the fact that this examination provides suggestions for teachers, it lacks the necessary supporting evidence to follow it devotedly. It doesn’t offer new ideas, therefore, it doesn’t break new grounds on this topic. The study is based on a 353 student marketing class, which confirms that its fundaments are poorly researched. Moreover, his conclusions corroborate that his methods to obtain information fell short. That is why, there is a need for deeper examinations related with students’ expectations to be conducted, so as to give more valuable insight on how teachers can improve students’ tests scores.

Sources for Research

Online Academic/Professional Journals:

a. http://www.newhorizons.org/journal/archive.htm

-New Horizons offers diverse resources on educational matters

b. http://www.questia.com/library/jp-journal-of-educational-research.jsp?CRID=jp_journal_of_educational_research&OFFID=se2q

-Get a free trial for Questia and you’ll be able to go into their “Journal of Education”

c. http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/index.html

-Early Childhood Research & Practice is a bilingual free of charge journal. Its validity comes from the ECAP at the university of Illinois sponsor.

d. http://www.aera.net/publications/Default.aspx?menu_id=32&id=308

-The American Educational Research Association offers free access for their publications, among other resources. It also has a publishing partner, SAGE publications which makes their publications even more numerous.

e. http://ijme-journal.org/index.php/ijme

-The international journal of multicultural education it’s an open-access journal for students interested in education. IJME is sponsored by the Loeb School of Education of the Eastern University.

f. http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/current.cfm

-The International journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education it’s a publication of the International Society for Exploring Teaching. Academic resources.


Databases:

1. http://www.edinformatics.com/
EDinformatics, a database featuring educational resources, intended for parents, teachers and students.

- Updated website, organized and easy to manage.


2. http://www.cal.org/caela/research/resource_database.html
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition is a database designed for research on the field of adult ESL. CAELA was founded by the U.S Department of Education.

- Focused on adult education issues.


3. http://searcheric.org/
Produced by the ERIC system, SEARCHERIC it’s a simpler way to research on educational issues.

- No need to go into Eric, this website is really easy to go and and find what you need.