Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that student's perceived readiness for examinations was not correlated to exam performance as has been previously reported. In a population of 615 undergraduate nursing, midwifery, baccalaureate health sciences (BHSc) and engineering students in a required human anatomy and physiology course perceived readiness for examinations was surveyed prior to the beginning of the midterm exam. Perceived readiness was weakly correlated with exam performance (r=0.21, p=0.05). Performance on fortnightly quizzes administered in the lab was more strongly correlated with exam performance (r=0.34, p<0.005) than perceived readiness. Though perceived readiness had a small significant correlation for most students groups the BHSc students, who have the highest course average of 84%, showed no correlation (r=0.15, n = 211). The quiz performance was most strongly correlated with the midterm exam performance in the midwifery students (r=0.61, p<0.005, n=22) and the nursing students (r=0.46, p<0.005, n= 322). This research confirms that students are only poorly able to judge exam preparedness and quantitative measures on structured tests are the most useful predictor of student success.
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