The Retention of Information Learned in College Courses

In two beginning courses, zoology and psychology, and in one ad vanced course, physiological chemistry, the itemized part of the final examination of June was repeated the following October during the first week of school for students who enrolled for advanced courses. These students all had only the beginning courses at Michigan or elsewhere. In order to ascertain how much students who were just beginning the elementary courses knew of the subject matter to be covered, they were given the same examinations.