The guiding question of this study was: Does the amount of time spent studying for a chemistry exam impact satisfaction with the score on an exam? Students in two different chemistry courses completed surveys about study time and satisfaction with their exam score after several exams.  Students also self-reported time spent studying for the chemistry course.  Study time data was collected weekly via electronic study calendars.  Self-reported data is only as valid as the students provide.  There was no effort extended to verify time studied.  Data looking at relationships between time spent studying, satisfaction in exam score and exam score indicate some students in these course are satisfied with exam scores that are not indicative of passing performance and that students report studying far less for the course than was suspected.  Data also indicates that students who are not satisfied with exam performance early in the course change the time reported studying for the subsequent exam or how they studied for a subsequent exam.<br/>

Relationship between student study time, satisfaction and exam grade in two chemistry courses

255th National Meeting (2018)

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