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. 2018 Winter;17(4):ar59. doi: 10.1187/cbe.17-12-0278

FIGURE 8.

FIGURE 8.

Progression of student perception of academic rigor. Student definitions showed a trend toward emphasizing cognitive complexity as an attribute of course rigor by the end of their college careers. Notably, academic stressors still remained a contributor to difficult courses; however, these upper-level students were also able to articulate that poor alignment between what was taught and assessed contributed to why a course was challenging.