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Download full textde Felix, Judith Walker; Houston, W. Robert – 1986
The implications of entrance requirements for success in a graduate teacher program were studied. Success was defined as maintaining a 3.0 grade point average with no more than 12 semester hours of "C" or lower. Entrance requirements were those of the University of Houston, Texas. The subjects were 139 1985 spring and summer graduates of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedNagi, John L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Intended to determine the validity of the total score on the Graduate Record Examinations Aptitude Test (GRE) and of the score on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) as predictors of a criterion of completion or noncompletion of the Doctoral Program in Educational Administration at State University of New York at Albany. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Doctoral Programs, Dropouts, Educational Administration
Direct linkSalend, Spencer J.; Whittaker, Catharine R.; Garrick Duhaney, Laurel M.; Smith, Robin M. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2003
The participation in and completion of teacher education programs by students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds is one of the biggest challenges facing higher education institutions today. The success of teacher education programs in responding to this challenge is related to their ability to incorporate diversity into all…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Diversity (Faculty), Colleges
Peer reviewedFurst, Edward J.; Roelfs, Pamela J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
The predictive validity of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) and the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) in a doctoral program in education was investigated. Results supported the use of the GRE but not the MAT. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Doctoral Programs, Education Majors, Graduate Study
Perney, Jan – 1996
How well a combination of junior/senior undergraduate grade point average (GPA), scores on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT), and writing sample scores can predict success for students seeking a Master's degree in education was studied. Success was determined for the study by the student's graduate GPA and whether or not the student graduated from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Education, Educational Attainment, Grade Point Average
Perney, Jan – 1994
This study tried to determine how well a combination of junior/senior undergraduate grade point average, standardized test scores, and writing sample scores can predict a student's success in a graduate College of Education. The study used data on 164 students selected to have a slight over-representation of students with lower Miller Analogies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
House, J. Daniel; Keeley, Edward J. – 1993
Although the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) is used extensively as an admissions test for graduate programs, relatively little research has examined the validity of the MAT for predicting subsequent graduate student achievement and no published studies have examined differential prediction of student performance from MAT scores. There were two…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission (School), Age Differences, Education Majors
Peer reviewedGraham, Lawrence D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1991
Selection criteria at a graduate school of business were examined in a study evaluating the predictive validity of the Graduate Management Admissions Test and the Miller Analogies Test for 203 recent graduates. Implications of the correlations between test results and grade point average for admission policy are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Business Administration Education, College Entrance Examinations
Magnuson, Sandy, Ed.; Norem, Ken, Ed. – Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 1998
This document consists of the two issues of the "Alabama Counseling Association Journal" published during 1997. The focus of the journal is on communicating ideas and information that will help counselors to implement the counseling role and develop the profession of counseling. The following articles are contained in issue 1:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission (School), College Students, Counseling
