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Educational and Psychological Measurement
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Actual Course Difficulty as a Factor in Accounting for the Achievement and Attrition of College Students

K. Terry Schurr

Ball State University

Arthur S. Ellen

National College of Education

Virgil E. Ruble

Ball State University

The difficulty of 548 sections of 55 courses taken by 2906 freshmen during their first two quarters at a university were examined in light of the influence of these sections on student attrition, and long-term and short-term grades. Approximately 18% of the courses (sections) were identified as difficult, and 18% were identified as easy. The difficulty of courses taken by students during these terms was found to influence long-term grades and attrition through their influence on short-term grades.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 47, No. 4, 1049-1054 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/0013164487474021
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