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Peer reviewedAdams, L. La Mar; And Others – College and University, 1976
A statistical comparison of American College Test (ACT) or Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for predicting first semester grade point averages (GPA) for beginning freshmen at Brigham Young University, when used with a high school GPA as a fixed independent variable, showed little or no difference. Other comparisons were by sex and geographic area.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Educational Research, Geographic Regions, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedKapes, Jerome T.; O'Reilly, Patrick A. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1973
The three in-school success measures used for the model was overall GPA, shop grade, and proficiency score on Ohio Trade and Industrial Education Achievement Test. A relationship between the predictor variables and the criteria in terms of time was found with predictiveness increasing from ninth to eleventh grade. (MS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic), Models
Benton, Sidney E.; Jerrolds, Bob W. – 1982
Eighty-six North Georgia College students in four graduate sections of educational research taught by the same instructor were administered the Attitudes toward Educational Research Scale at the beginning and the end of the quarter. Attitude posttest scores were significantly higher than pretest scores. Undergraduate grade point averages (GPAs),…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Research, Grade Point Average
MCDONALD, KEITH H. – 1964
TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS (SES) AND MEASURES OF ACADEMIC MOTIVATION, APTITUDE, AND ACHIEVEMENT, A SAMPLE OF 4,200 11TH-GRADE CAUCASIAN STUDENTS FROM NINE MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOLS WAS STUDIED. THE EXPERIMENT TESTED TWO NULL HYPOTHESES--(1) THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SES AND AN OBJECTIVE MEASURE OF MOTIVATION, AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Aspiration, Correlation
Benton, Sidney E.; Jerrolds, Bob W. – 1983
Eighty-three students enrolled in five graduate sections of educational research taught by the same instructor were administered a reading attitude scale and an educational research attitude scale. Under-graduate grade point averages (GPAs), entering graduate GPAs, and composite National Teacher Examination (NTE) scores were also obtained for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Education Majors, Educational Research
Download full textFriedenberg, Joan E.; Curry, Wynne C. – 1981
This study was undertaken to predict the relationship between English proficiency and subsequent academic success. Forty-two Cuban American students enrolled in a bilingual teacher education program were administered the Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency and a questionnaire. The results of the study indicate that: (1) the younger one…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Bilingual Education
