The block scheduling program used in a high school in a small Midwestern city was evaluated, considering the "hard" data of effects on grade point average (GPA) and attendance, but not information about student attitudes and perceptions. Data were available for approximately 500 students from the classes of 1997 (before the block…

This study examined the relationship between writing apprehension and academic achievement among undergraduate honors students at the University of Alabama. A total of 75 male honors students completed Daly and Miller's Writing Apprehension Test and self-reported their grade point averages (GPA). The test measured apprehension or anxiety and fear…

This study examined the performance of Oregon University System (OUS) students on 10th grade benchmark standards and subsequent performance in their first year of college. Participants, identified using 1999-00 state data from the Oregon Department of Education, included students who participated in state assessment while in high school and…

This study investigated the effects of block scheduling on student learning. It compared the grade-point averages (GPAs) of one group of students during their 9th-grade year while under the traditional 7-period day to the GPAs of their 10th-grade year under the 4-by-4 block schedule. The text offers a history of block scheduling and lists some of…

The effects of gender, grade point average (GPA), and ethnicity on emotional intelligence were examined using an inventory called the Emotional Intelligence Inventory Revised (M. Tapia and J. Burry-Stock, 1998) in this study. The inventory was completed by 319 students (162 boys, 157 girls) at a college preparatory bilingual school in Mexico City,…

This study compared the final grades of 118 traditional classroom learners and 81 distance learners to determine whether there was a significant difference in their grade point averages. The study involved the final grades from five graduate courses in Human Resource Development at Indiana State University. Each participating class was taught by…

The purpose of the present investigation was to determine if classroom behavior management (CBM) via behavioral consultation and in combination with model-reinforcement group (MRG) counseling, and a no-treatment control group have differential effects upon attitudes toward school. (Author/RK)

This study investigated the validity of the assumption that pass-fail courses correlate with less academic achievement and considered other factors relevant to the basic justification for the pass-fail system. (Author/RK)

The present study was an attempt to investigate the specific form of the relationship of persistence to academic performance, with a consideration of the information-processing value of persistence. (Author)

Describes a comparison made between 93 women in a self-paced program and 68 women students in lecture classes. Concludes that self-paced programs are impartially applicable to all students regardless of prior achievement and ability. (CC)

The SIT Correlates highly enough with ACT scores to be considered a valid instrument for predicting acceptance and success in college. (Authors)

Study to investigate whether any increase in prediction of law school performance could be effected by a more thorough consideration of the undergraduate record. (Author)

Study evaluates certain common uses of the Brown-Holtzman Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) in a college-level educational skills course. (Authors/MB)

A review of the literature makes it clear that high school record has been and is a valid and possibly even an increasingly important predictor of college work. (Author)

Answers to the major issues that confront secondary schools and colleges in making decisions about the use or non-use of grade point average and rank-in-class as features of the college application/admissions process. (Author)