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Test of Reactions and Adaptation in College (TRAC): A New Measure of Learning Propensity for College Students.

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Larose, Simon; Roy, Roland – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1995

The Test of Reactions and Adaptation in College (TRAC), a measure of students' personal dispositions toward learning, is presented. Results from 2 different samples of college students (n=1,081) indicate acceptable psychometric characteristics for the TRAC. The TRAC predicted college success better than high school weighted academic average did.…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, College Students

Utility of Scales Derived from Teacher Judgements of Adolescent Academic Performance and Psychosocial Behavior.

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Baker, Robert L.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1991

The utility of teacher ratings of student academic performance and psychosocial behaviors as technically sound indirect measures of student outcomes was demonstrated in a long-term study of the effects of background variables on a cohort of Danish children (n=350). The Baker-Mednick Teacher Rating Form was developed for this purpose. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Secondary Education

Primary Childhood School Success Scale.

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Seagraves, Margaret C. – 1995

The purpose of this research study was to build and pilot a psychometric instrument, the Primary Childhood School Success Scale (PCSSS), to identify behaviors needed for children to be successful in first grade. Fifty-two teacher responses were collected. The instrument had a reliability coefficient (Alpha) of 0.95, a mean of 13.26, and a variance…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Cognitive Development