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Lerner, Edward Mark – 1973
A prototype package of interactive computer programs for automating the information processing needs of the academic advisor in large educational systems is described in this report. This on-line filing (OLF) package is basically a program which retrieves an existing student record and allows easy interaction with a set of subroutines that perform…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Records, Computer Programs, Grade Point Average
PDF pending restorationHeritage, John O. – 1977
This study investigated the predictive validity of the admission criteria for masters students in reading: undergraduate grade point average (GPA), Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores, undergraduate college quality, and age. Data were gathered for 94 former masters students at Rutgers University, including 53 who had obtained the M.Ed. and 41…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Research, Grade Point Average, Graduate Study
PDF pending restorationMussano, Frank – 1977
Second semester freshmen living in dormitories at York College (Pennsylvania) were administered the Organization Survey and Study Techniques Survey, and these results were compared with the students' overall grade-point averages (GPAs). The results indicated a clear positive correlation between study organization and GPA, and a significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Students, Correlation
Millward, Robert E. – 1973
Investigating the effect of a resident outdoor experience on the attitudes of 300 sixth grade students exposed to two different teaching methods, students from the Brownsville School District in Pennsylvania were randomly assigned to a week-long camp experience. Teachers in the control group (N=3) were given 20 hours of training in outdoor…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Concept Formation, Doctoral Dissertations, Environmental Education
Schermer, Douglas G. – 1991
This study examined the effects of participation in Chapter 1 programs on students' educational outcomes. A total of 52 students at an elementary school in Maquoketa, Iowa, were divided into a primary group of students who participated in a Chapter 1 program during grades 1 or 2; an intermediate group of students who participated in a Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Demography, Elementary Education
Olmsted, Jodi L. – 2001
The academic performance of students enrolled in a distance education dental hygiene program at Northcentral Technical College (NTC) in Wausau, Wisconsin, was analyzed in a comparative, quasi-experimental study. The study sample consisted of five cohorts of program graduates (students graduating in 1997-2001). The experiment groups were divided…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis


