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Roberts, Simon J.; Stott, Tim – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study relative age effects (RAEs) in a selected sample of university students. The majority of education systems across the globe adopt age-related cut-off points for eligibility. This strategy has received criticism for (dis)advantaging those older children born closer to the "cut-off" date for…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Criticism, Age Differences, Foreign Countries
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Crossley, Scott A.; Kim, YouJin – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
The current study examined the effects of text-based relational (i.e., cohesion), propositional-specific (i.e., lexical), and syntactic features in a source text on subsequent integration of the source text in spoken responses. It further investigated the effects of word integration on human ratings of speaking performance while taking into…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Syntax, Oral Language, Speech Communication
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Gray, Geraldine; McGuinness, Colm; Owende, Philip; Hofmann, Markus – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2016
This paper reports on a study to predict students at risk of failing based on data available prior to commencement of first year. The study was conducted over three years, 2010 to 2012, on a student population from a range of academic disciplines, n=1,207. Data was gathered from both student enrollment data and an online, self-reporting,…
Descriptors: Prediction, At Risk Students, Academic Failure, College Freshmen
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Atamian, Rubik; Mansouri, Hossein – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2013
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, throughout their careers, college graduates change multiple jobs and several careers, often remotely related to one another or to their major field of study. Experts project that the majority of newly created jobs requiring college education would involve extensive and prolonged on-the-job training of…
Descriptors: Preferences, Career Choice, Accounting, Age Differences
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Herzog, Valerie W.; Anderson, Dennis; Starkey, Chad – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2008
Objective: To identify those factors that influence freshmen application to Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)-accredited undergraduate ATEPs having a secondary admissions process. (All undergraduate ATEPs are now accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE)). Design and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Surveys, College Freshmen, Allied Health Occupations