Classroom and Home Study Times and Grades While at College Using a Single-Subject Design

Abstract

In a single-subject design one white male in his late twenties who was a nontraditional student and attending college for the first time recorded the amount of time he spent in each class and outside of class on preparation. The grades were taken from his transcript for approximately six years. 52 grades were collected (45 As, 7 Bs). Chi squared indicated that as the number of class hours increased, grades tended to drop to Bs. Pearson correlations indicated, when class hours increased, grades decreased. Also, when class hours increased or decreased, home hours increased and decreased. There was no significant correlation between home times and grades, but a significant negative correlation obtained between number of graduate hours and GPA, showing GPA decreased when graduate hours increased.