The purpose of this project is to better understand how online homework effects student performance in class. Data was collected from two large general chemistry sections at a southwestern university. Specifically, this project aims to explore the link between when students complete their homework relative to the date the material was covered in class to student performance in class. Performance will be measured by different variables, namely, attempts used to gain credit on homework, homework grade, exam grade, reported study time, and in-class clicker scores. Students were divided into two groups of students: students who completed the relevant homework close to the date the material was covered in class and students who completed the homework days after the material was covered in class. All instructors can employ results from this study to inform their students how to better utilize the online homework resource.

Timing of homework completion vs. performance in general chemistry

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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