Student Perspectives of Success and Failure in Biology Lecture: Multifaceted Definitions and Misalignments.

ABSTRACT: Investigating definitions of success and failure among introductory biology students is essential for understanding what underlies their self-efficacy; a student who gets a B on an exam may lose self-efficacy if they define failure as anything less than an A. Yet, whether students have the same definitions for success as they have for failure in these classes is unknown, nor how those definitions relate to course performance. To better understand student definitions for success and failure and their implications, this mixed-methods study collected survey data from students in two introductory biology courses about their definitions of success and failure and their self-reported grades. Coding of open-ended responses revealed four broad themes related to both success and failure: Performanc

SUBMITTER: Von der Mehden BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11440737 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature