A limited number of studies have focused on formative assessment in higher education. This paper examines the effectiveness of applied exercises with a feedback mechanism as a formative assessment technique in an economics principles course. The exercises did correspond to overall improvements...

In this paper, we examine two factors that may affect student achievement in economics principles courses. First, we examine the effect of working for pay on course performance at a commuter school where 70 percent of the student body works for pay at least part time. Second, we examine how the...