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Lunneborg, Patricia W. – 1970
Research indicates the necessity for predictive criteria other than grades to aid the community college student in making decisions concerning career, and goals. Three successive studies were conducted which demonstrate that unless there is a close correspondence between predictors and criteria, the available tests are able to predict only graded…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Decision Making, Grade Prediction
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McIntire, Walter G.; Drummond, Robert J. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
This study was designed to assess the relative contributions of selected personality characteristics, school achievement, intelligence, sex, and ethnic background to self-concept in a fourth-grade sample. Personality variables were found to be more predictive than achievement ability or demographic factors. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Background, Elementary School Students, Individual Characteristics