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Table 1 Persistence and wheel-spinning propensities of the study groups

From: Evaluation and modeling of students’ persistence and wheel-spinning propensities in formative assessments

Group

Persistence propensity

Wheel-spinning propensity

Description

A

High

High

The students showed a tendency to attempt more than one item on the selected topics but often failed on one-third of them

B

High

Low

The students showed a tendency to attempt more than one item on the selected topics and rarely failed on one-third of them

C

Low

High

The students only attempt more than one item on a few selected topics and often failed on one-third of them

D

Low

Low

The students only attempt more than one item on a few selected topics but rarely failed on one-third of them