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Peer reviewedZimmerman, Allen – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2000
Describes a journal-based orientation course at a small, public two-year technical college. Reports on a study of 160 students which found that the orientation-course grade was a better predictor of student success (as measured by timely graduation and grade point average) than high school rank and far superior to the American College Testing…
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction
