Using all freshmen who entered the Millersburg University Department of Industry and Technology (1981-86) a system was created that could identify incoming students who would most likely have difficulty attaining a 2.5 grade point average at the end of the sophomore year. The process should provide a model for construction of a prediction…

Investigated differences in robustness of two independent variables for predicting National Teacher Examinations (NTE) scores and grade point averages (GPAs) for college seniors and recent graduates (n=1,441). By every method of analysis, data clearly indicated superiority of College Basic Academic Subjects Examination over American College…

For marketing students (n=349), grade point average was the most important predictor of academic performance; transfers from community college and students with heavy work commitments performed less well; and gender, age, and extracurricular activities were unrelated to performance. These characteristics explained 40% of variance in performance.…

Evaluated effects on college freshmen attending Northern Kentucky University of a learning community (LC) program which simply clustered three courses without thematic linkage or integration. Comparison with non-LC students found the LC students had higher grade point averages, earned more hours, were more satisfied with their college experiences,…

Examines structural features of grade point averages (GPAs) and offers examples showing that GPAs cannot consistently determine class rank since class rank is sometimes permuted with arbitrary change of scale. Notes relativistic efforts to resolve inconsistencies are insufficient. Discusses the function of GPAs as predictors of academic…

Students in a macroeconomics course (n=132) were compared on grade point average, academic efficacy, credit hours accumulated, and study hours/habits. Academic efficacy and study habits significantly explained achievement. The amount of study time had no significant impact. Scholastic Assessment Test scores and credit hours explained achievement…

Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould contends that .400 hitter in baseball is thing of past because game has gotten better. The higher average, the harder to stand out from that average. Applies concept to education by comparing students' SAT scores over almost 20 years with grade-point averages. Students with highest grades received highest SAT…

Investigates whether sports involvement is related to social and psychological well being in American adolescents as it has found to be in Icelandic adolescents. High school students (N=89) provided data concerning sports involvement, depression, intimacy with parents and friends, and grade point average. Results show that moderate sports…

Eleven medical students were followed through their first two years of medical school. Career development indices (career planning, exploration, decision making, occupational information) accounted for significant amounts of variance in the prediction of success beyond that of academic indices (grade point average, test scores). (SK)

The purpose of this study was to search for an alternative to the SAT that displayed greater power to predict the college performance of students whose most recent SAT score was below 1000. Results show that five of the sub-scores yielded coefficents that were significant. These sub-scores were correlated with college grade point average higher…

For 677 college freshmen, subscales from the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Social Skills Inventory, and Strong Interest Inventory uniquely predicted first-year grade point average. These subscales and the Career Factors Inventory contributed to prediction of persistence. These assessments may be used to identify students at risk of poor performance…

Multiple regression analysis of data from 395 master's of business administration graduates showed that undergraduate grade point average and scores on the Graduate Management Admissions Test were the most significant predictors of graduate academic performance. Age and gender had no predictive utility. (Contains 33 references.) (SK)

Factor and regression analyses of data from 241 business students found clear differences between grade point average (GPA) and Major Field Test in Business scores. GPA had strong internal validity and reflected performance in the context of institutional priorities. The test had greater external validity and enabled benchmarking against national…

Compares the scores of elementary education majors at a state university and those of the national population for the SAT and three sections of PRAXIS II: communication skills, general knowledge, and principles of learning and teaching. Relates these scores to the education majors' overall grade point average and grade in a Measurements and…

In the present study, college student-athletes were either placed in seminars that were intended to motivate them to succeed on and off the field (i.e., in their chosen sport) or placed in a control group (i.e., a group that did not experience these motivational seminars). Consequently, they were surveyed in order to determine if the…