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Peer reviewedAyers, Jerry B.; Peters, R. Martin – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
The validity of the Test of English as a Foreign Language was examined in relation to prediction of success of fifty Asian students in engineering, chemistry, or mathematics. The test was significantly correlated with grade point average. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Engineering, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Download full textNeal, Menka E. – 1998
This study investigated the relationship between graduate grade-point-average (GGPA) and the total score, as well as the scores on each part, of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). It also investigated the relationship between GGPA and the total score, as well as the scores on each part, of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The…
Descriptors: Correlation, Engineering, Foreign Students, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedAyers, Jerry B.; Quattlebaum, Rebecca F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
The relationship between grade point average (GPA) and scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for 60 male and 7 female Asian graduate students in engineering was studied. The TOEFL is not an effective predictor of total GPA, although it measures English communication skills. (SLD)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Engineering, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
