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Peer reviewedNorton, Steven D.; Wims, Earl W. – Psychological Reports, 1974
Results of interviews with business students do not support the notion that grades help learning. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Business Education, College Students, Critical Incidents Method, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedChissom, Brad S.; Lanier, Doris – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Determines the validity of students' Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores and high school grade point average (HSGPA) as predictors of freshmen course grades and overall college grade point average (CGPA) at Georgia Southern College. (RC)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Sieveking, Nick A.; Larson, Glenn R. – J Counseling Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Chemistry, College Freshmen
Desiderato, Otello; Koskinen, Patricia – J Counseling Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Anxiety, College Students
Lenz, B. Keith; And Others – 1980
The study investigated the similarities between 55 delinquent, 46 low achieving (LA), 45 learning disabled (LD), and 30 normal achieving (NA) adolescents from grades 7 through 12 and their parents. Each adolescent and parent was given a questionnaire covering a wide variety of descriptive variables. In addition, data or grade point average,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Attendance, Delinquency
Ahmed Shami, Mohammad Ansar; And Others – 1980
The relationship between course loads and grade point average (GPA) was studied in 1978-79 for undergraduate students at the College of Shariah of King Abdulaziz University, Saudia Arabia. Three groups of students were compared, based on the number of credit hours earned: 11 or less credit hours, 12 to 17 credit hours, and 18 or more credit hours.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Credit Courses, Departments
Juola, Arvo E. – 1980
A third survey of grade trends was made in summer, 1979 to verify whether the slight drop in college grade-point averages (GPAs) detected in 1975 represented a break in the 15-year trend toward higher grades. Responses were received from 180 colleges from a systematic sample of 361 colleges which offer graduate degrees (a 50% return). The results…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Download full textPUGH, RICHARD C.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE VALIDITY OF THE TWO MOST COMMON PREDICTORS OF ACHIEVEMENT IN LAW SCHOOL, UNDERGRADUATE GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) AND THE LAW SCHOOL ADMISSIONS TEST (LSAT) SCORE, WERE STUDIED. DATA WERE COLLECTED FOR THE 855 INDIANA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL MATRICULANTS DURING EIGHT CONSECUTIVE YEARS FROM 1957 THROUGH 1964. SEPARATE REGRESSION ANALYSES WERE MADE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Grade Point Average, Law Schools
GREGORY, MERRY ANNE – 1966
AT GRAND RAPIDS JUNIOR COLLEGE, A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED FOR ENTERING STUDENTS WITH HIGH SCHOOL GRADE AVERAGES OF 1.5 OR LESS IN ACADEMIC SUBJECTS. TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS PROGRAM, THE AUTHOR COMPARED THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THREE GROUPS--(1) A CONTROL GROUP OF LOW ACHIEVERS WHO ENROLLED IN THE COLLEGE BEFORE THE…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade Point Average, Low Achievement
KINGSLEY, G. GORDON; SCHELLER, THOMAS G. – 1966
SUBJECTS FOR THIS STUDY WERE 60 RANDOMLY SELECTED LOW ACHIEVING UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STUDENTS WHO HAD TRANSFERRED FROM 4-YEAR CURRICULUMS TO THE 2-YEAR GENERAL COLLEGE. ONE GROUP OF 20 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN SIX WEEKLY INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS WITH ASSIGNED COUNSELORS, A SECOND GROUP OF 20 MET IN SIX 50-MINUTE GROUP COUNSELING SESSIONS, AND THE…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Grade Point Average, Group Counseling, Individual Counseling
Perrin, David W.; Whitney, Douglas R. – 1975
Six methods for smoothing expectancy tables were compared using data for entering students at 86 colleges and universities. Linear regression analyses were applied to ACT scores and high school grades to obtain predicted first term grade point averages (FGPA's) for students entering each institution in 1969-70. Expectancy tables were constructed…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Expectancy Tables, Grade Point Average
Gold, Ben K. – 1975
A summary of the performance of Los Angeles City College (LACC) transfers to the California State University at Los Angeles (CSLA) during the 1973-74 school year, indicates that 719 (84 percent) of the 854 entrants completed some work. Their average first quarter GPA was 2.44 (-0.05 points below their LACC average of 2.49); one-third earned a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Followup Studies, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationStordahl, Kalmer E. – 1970
The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the Verbal Ability and Quantitative Ability scores of the Graduate Record Aptitude Test (GRE-V, GRE-Q) and undergraduate grade point average (GPA) as predictors of graduate grade point average in the Master of Arts degree program at Northern Michigan University. The subjects were 120 students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Grade Point Average, Graduate Students
Stewin, L. L.; Bicknell, J. E. – 1970
The aim of this investigation was to determine whether the most effective prediction of freshman college achievement could be obtained through using raw scores from the Dogmation Scale, Gough-Sanford Rigidity Scale, California F Scale, and the Canadian Opinionation Scale or through using a set of factor scores extracted from a combination of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, College Freshmen
Duggan, John M.; Hazlett, Paul H., Jr. – 1963
This workbook is for admissions officers who are interested in using a combination of objective test scores and high school grades to forecast an applicant's capacity for freshman academic work. It is intended as a nontechnical guide suitable for readers without any statistical training. It presents the procedures and computations necessary to…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Admission (School), Evaluation
