Analysis of the Number of Student-Set Deadlines in a Personalized Psychology Course

Abstract

In two separate studies, we permitted students to set their own deadlines for nine or five course tasks. Student-set (SS) deadline conditions were compared to instructor-set (IS) deadline conditions. Results indicated that students in the nine SS deadline condition demonstrated greater compliance to schedule and more frequently completed the third review exam as scheduled than did students in the IS deadline condition. Students in the SS deadline conditions missed more deadlines than did students in the IS deadline conditions. Pacing conditions produced no differences in academic performance.