Students in One Section of a Class Were Assigned Deadlines

question 107

Multiple Choice

Students in one section of a class were assigned deadlines for their paper assignments, while students in the other section were allowed to set their own deadlines (but then had to meet those deadlines) . The results of this study indicated that

• A) students who were allowed to set their own deadlines received higher grades than students with assigned deadlines.
• B) students who chose the last day of class as the deadline for all three papers received the highest grades.
• C) students with assigned deadlines received higher grades for their papers than students who chose the last day of class as their own deadline.
• D) deadlines had no effect on performance.

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