Repeaters at the college level

Abstract

The measuring instruments used in this study were Achievement Scales in College Zoology, Scale A and Scale B. They were given in the introductory course in zoology at the University of Minnesota, where there were a sufficient number of repeaters to warrant a comparison of their gains with those made by students taking the course for the first time. In general, the mean scores of the repeaters in the initial measurements are higher than the mean scores of the other students. The repeaters do not maintain this lead during the progress of the course. There is little difference between the mean scores of repeaters and of regular students at the end of the course. These findings indicate that the repeaters entail an added expense upon the institution with results not commensurate with the expenditure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)