Investigating the effects of exam length on performance and cognitive fatigue.

This study examined the effects of exam length on student performance and cognitive fatigue in an undergraduate biology classroom. Exams tested higher order thinking skills. To test our hypothesis, we administered standard- and extended-length high-level exams to two populations of non-majors biolog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jamie L Jensen, Dane A Berry, Tyler A Kummer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3741288?pdf=render