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Selecting Students for Medical School: What Predicts Success during Basic Science Studies? A Cognitive Approach.

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Lindblom-Ylanne, Sari; And Others – Higher Education, 1996

A study with 503 applicants to the University of Helsinki (Finland) medical school compared the predictive validity of multiple-choice science tests and a "learning-from-text" test (LFT) designed to measure deep-level text processing. Results indicated the LFT was the best predictor of student academic progress in basic science courses.…

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