Temporal patterns of behavior from the scheduling of psychology quizzes

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-301

  Jarmolowicz, David P ^a   Hayashi, Yusuke ^a   St Peter Pipkin, Claire ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Deadlines; Quiz taking; Scallop; Temporal patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

COMPUTERS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952798075     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-297     Document Type: Article

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