RESULTS ARE REPORTED FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF APPROXIMATELY 1,600 STUDENTS SEEKING TO TRANSFER IN 1964 FROM SEVEN PUBLIC AND EIGHT PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGES. WHILE A 2-YEAR PATTERN OF EDUCATION IS MOST COMMON, ONE-THIRD OF THE STUDENTS SURVEYED ARE SEEKING EARLIER TRANSFER. OVER 90 PERCENT PROPOSE TO TRANSFER TO A SENIOR PUBLIC…

A fading procedure to maintain student pacing in personalized instruction courses in two settings--a small educational psychology course at a public university and a large psychology course at a private university--was investigated. Students in both courses were divided into two groups. The first group had gradually lengthened unit completion…

The present report is one in a series which profiles the University of Washington (UW) entering freshman class in terms of performance on the several tests making up the Washington Pre-College Testing Program's battery. As in earlier years, percentile charts for male and female entrants as well as for the total tested group, comprising 79 percent…

In order to determine whether students' study habits and attitudes have an effect on their grade point average (GPAs), the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes was mailed to a random sample of 10 percent of the full-time students at York College of Pennsylvania. The 40 usable responses were matched with the students' GPAs, and it was determined…

This study attempted to clarify the relationship between drug involvement and academic accomplishments. Unlike other studies, it was controlled for aptitude and sex. In a structured interview, the College Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ) was administered to 77 male and 67 female student subjects. Based on the CBQ results three groups were identified:…

This study is principally concerned with examining the upper-division academic achievement of "transfer" students (those who entered the UW from both the 2-year community colleges) and of "native" students (those who entered the UW directly from high school). Only students who, in Autumn 1968, had earned between 80 and 100…

This report presents Washington Pre-College test norms for the 1973 entering freshman class. Percentile charts for male, female, and total groups are given. A table of the 75th, 50th, and 25th percentile scores over the past four years for the three groups is included. Another table presents means and standard deviations for the grade point…

More suitable criteria was needed to evaluate "mature" students or those over 21 who had not completed all senior matriculation requirements for admission to the University of Lethbridge. This study was designed to compare the performance of "mature" students and several groups of regularly admitted freshmen on the College…

This study was designed to determine if the Cooperative School and College Ability Test (SCAT) can predict future college academic success of Negro college students with the same degree of accuracy as it does for white college students and to discover if the sex factor need be considered in making predictions. The sample consisted of 180 Negroes…

The purpose of this study was to report on the academic achievement of Red Deer College transfer students at three Alberta Universities for 1968-1971. Transfer students were matched with native students from the universities using session year, year of program, degree sought, age, sex, and first year cumulative grade-point average. These matched…

Dean's list is an academic award for excellence which is potentially a powerful social reinforcer of the behaviors leading to academic achievement. The awarding of dean's list recognition should improve students' self evaluations relative to others, provide a social climate supportive of intellectual accomplishment, and enhance the academic…

The question of an interaction over time between ability grouping and personality variables was the focus of the present study which examined pertinent data from 260 female high school students. Two standardized personality instruments, in addition to several scales designed by the E's, were administered to students of the upper and lower ability…

THE PRESENT INVESTIGATION HAD A THREEFOLD OBJECTIVE--(1) TO DISCOVER THE EFFECTS OF FREQUENCY AND PATTERN OF FAMILY MOVES ON PUPILS' HIGH SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES, (2) TO DISCOVER THE EFFECTS OF FREQUENCY AND PATTERN OF FAMILY MOVES ON THE GRADES PUPILS EARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND (3) TO DISCOVER THE EFFECTS OF FREQUENCY AND PATTERN OF FAMILY…

IN REVIEWING FINDINGS OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED FROM 1928 THROUGH 1964 RELATIVE TO THE SUCCESS OF JUNIOR COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS, THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT TRANSFER STUDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TO SUFFER AN APPRECIABLE DROP IN GRADES IN THE FIRST SEMESTER AFTER TRANSFER, THAT THEIR GRADES TEND TO IMPROVE IN DIRECT RELATION TO THEIR LENGTH OF SCHOOLING,…

This paper describes an experiment conducted in order to improve the reliability and validity of the Achievement via Conformance (AC) scale of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI). The primary goal of AC is to identify those factors of interest and motivation which facilitate achievement in any setting where conformance is positive…