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Peer reviewedHartley, Alan A.; Hartley, Joellen T. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
A predictive equation for estimating performance in a basic course in methods of psychological research from scores on the Differential Aptitude Test reasoning scales and on the Davis Reading Test, from measures of attitudes toward issues in psychology, and from self-ratings of abilities and of expected course grades is developed. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, College Students, Grade Prediction, Higher Education
Download full textWhitely, Susan E.; Dawis, Rene V. – 1972
It is now widely agreed that current ability measures reflect a complex interaction of environment with genetic potential. This leads to a basic measurement problem since persons with the same measured ability may vary widely in potential due to non-equivalent learning opportunities. The purpose of this paper is to present a model which may hold…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, College Students, Educational Research
Pemberton, W. A. – 1970
This paper is a review of opinion and research concerning the objectivity and relevance of grades and grade averages as measures and as predictors of success. As measures they are ambiguous, reflecting differences in sex, basic temperament, instructors, departments, institutions, as much as levels of competence. And as a predictor of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Students
