WHAT FACTORS DETERMINE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE CHEMISTRY?
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JOHN P. McQUARY, HENRIETTA V. WILLIAMS Student Counseling Center JOHN E. WILLARD University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Is A student's grade in first year college chemistry iu-
lectures, two one-hour quiz-discussion sessions, and t n o fluenced by whether or not he has had high-school two-hour laboratory periods each week. The other chemistry? By the size of town from which he comes? course, Chemistry la H.S., is offered for three credits for By his ability as evidenced by his scores on achievement one semester. In it the students attend two lectures, tests? Partial answers to these questions have been one quiz-discussion section and one two-hour laboratory obtained by analyzing the records of students in two period each meek. The two courses use the same textgeneral-chemistry courses a t the University of Wisconsin. book, cover the same subject matter in lecture, and a t the same time. The two courses considered are those for students not have identical examinations given planning to specialize in chemistry or engineering. They include students who are preparing for work in ?;:;;aa* ;z;-k various professional fields such as agriculture, home ; : -*.-. ,-.w economics, medicine, and pharmacy and also students .,B n who are taking chemistry as part of general liberal arts wum -=~lrw ~ ~ -.u lm,-w,m .*=.Y".I..~ program. I.->,._ . Y L S . - ~
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