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Burns, David J. “Will I do as well on the final exam as I expect? An examination of students’ expectations.” Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 8.3 (2008): 1-19. The study was published in a well-known journal of teaching, giving many details on the relationship among concepts and the procedure of the research, and having a very powerful and attractive title for teachers. David Burns work tried to prove the relationship between students’ expectation and their final marks. Considering students’ time and effort on what they do previous to an examination, this study focuses on the previous experiences and expectations that students have about their performance on tests. This study took based its results in variables such as 353 students, a single teacher, the same course and different performances. The study showed that there is not relationship between students’ expectations and their final scores as a final conclusion. However, Burns gives some explanations of which may have happened to obtains these results. People may infer from this study that the author believes in this relationship, although he could not prove it statistically. Methodology is a variable element that can affect the results of a research, which it may have happened in this case. Furthermore, the process of this study introduces some concepts that can be taken in a further bibliographical research.
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Burns, David J. “Will I do as well on the final exam as I expect? An examination of students’ expectations.” Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 8.3 (2008): 1-19. The study was published in a well-known journal of teaching, giving many details on the relationship among concepts and the procedure of the research, and having a very powerful and attractive title for teachers. David Burns work tried to prove the relationship between students’ expectation and their final marks. Considering students’ time and effort on what they do previous to an examination, this study focuses on the previous experiences and expectations that students have about their performance on tests. This study took based its results in variables such as 353 students, a single teacher, the same course and different performances. The study showed that there is not relationship between students’ expectations and their final scores as a final conclusion. However, Burns gives some explanations of which may have happened to obtains these results. People may infer from this study that the author believes in this relationship, although he could not prove it statistically. Methodology is a variable element that can affect the results of a research, which it may have happened in this case. Furthermore, the process of this study introduces some concepts that can be taken in a further bibliographical research.
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Burns, David J. “Will I do as well on the final exam as I expect? An examination of students’ expectations.” Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 8.3 (2008): 1-19. *This* study was published in a well-known journal of teaching, giving many details on the relationship among concepts and the procedure of the research, and having a very powerful and attractive title for teachers. ((This is very vague so far--if you want to talk about the major concepts, name a few. I understand your comment about the title, but I'm not convinced that it's very important.)) David Burns'* work *tries* to prove the relationship between students’ expectations* and their final marks. Considering students’ time and effort on what they do previous to an examination, this study focuses on the previous experiences and expectations that students have about their performance on tests. (((To an extent, this past sentence repeats and clarifies the one before it. Why don't you combine them?))) This study (took) based T its results in variables such as 353 students, a single teacher, the same course and different performances. The study showed T that there is not WW relationship between students’ expectations and their final scores as a final conclusion. However, Burns gives some explanations of *factors influencing* these results. *Methodology is a variable element that can affect the results of a research, which it may have happened in this case.* People may infer from this study that the author believes in this relationship(,) although he could not prove it statistically. Furthermore, the process of this study introduces some concepts that can be taken in a further bibliographical research. ((Again, what concepts interest you? It is important to name them and state specifically how they will help your research.))
Overall, a good annotation--good blend of summary and critique. It's a bit long--consider how you can condense some of your thoughts. (I have made a few suggestions regarding this in the text.)
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