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Direct linkScarfone, Melissa Delores – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate if there are differences in how cognitive and noncognitive variables predict academic performance for college students with learning disabilities. In particular, this study examined the extent to which the cognitive variables of high school grade point average and SAT (combined verbal and math) or ACT…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Academic Achievement
Download full textDillon, Ronna F.; Vineyard, George M. – 1999
The study reported in this paper is designed to provide evidence of the convergent and discriminant validity of the Flexible Combination Test (R. Dillon). Two premises were tested: (1) flexible combination accounts for significant variation in cumulative grade-point average, high school rank, and cumulative Act Assessment scores; and (2) the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average
Taylor, Beverly W.; Dunbar, Ann M. – 1983
The purpose of this study was to determine if academic achievement differed among the Piagetian cognitive levels of teacher education students and if these differences interacted with sex, age, classification (e.g., freshmen, sophomores), or ACT scores. Sample for the study consisted of 670 students enrolled in a developmental psychology class.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, College Entrance Examinations
Lee, Ju Hyun – 1995
This paper presents an information processing model of test anxiety in an attempt to explain the mechanism of test anxiety's effect on working memory within the framework of the American College Testing Program Assessment (ACT). The model suggests that the construct of test anxiety, both worry and emotionality, is represented in the declarative…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Emotional Response
Peer reviewedKing, Patricia M.; And Others – Review of Higher Education, 1990
Differences in critical thinking between undergraduate and graduate students in the social and mathematical sciences was investigated using multiple measures of critical thinking that reflect different types of problem structure. Educational level and academic area differences were found across measures. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Processes, College Entrance Examinations, College Students
Gordon, Wayne I. – 1994
Study strategies are the activities that an individual uses to facilitate learning. Although no consistent findings exist to show the factors that comprise the study-strategy concept, a three-factor conceptualization (cognitive, affective, and behavioral) is often suggested. These factors were studied with 128 undergraduates of high and low…
Descriptors: Ability, Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes
