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Sanders, Vickie – 1980
After research between 1960 and 1977 relating to college reading program effectiveness was identified, a statistical procedure called Meta-Analysis was used to integrate findings and determine any composite benefit of instruction. Of 676 references on the initial list, 66 studies were identified as having quantifiable data within the limits of the…
Descriptors: College Students, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
Sutherland, Lee William – 1978
The difference in the grade point average (GPA) of entering transfer students and their GPA earned after one semester at Suffolk University's College of Business Administration (CBA) were investigated. Ninety-one transfer students entering the CBA in September 1976 were studied. Results indicate that there was a significant difference between the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Business Administration Education, College Transfer Students
Henson, Kenneth T. – 1980
This investigation is part of a larger program conducted by a university department of curriculum and an instruction research team investigating 400 variables affecting learner achievement, teacher effectiveness, and teacher qualifications. This part of the study examines the variables of student teachers' over-all grade point average, average in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Criteria, Grade Point Average, Preservice Teacher Education
Download full textSTEIN, RUTH S. – 1967
A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL HONOR STUDENTS WHO WERE ALLOWED TO ENROLL IN LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE TO TAKE STANDARD TRANSFERABLE COURSES OF COLLEGE LEVEL PRIOR TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. PERFORMANCE DATA AND GRADE POINT AVERAGES WERE GROUPED FOR EACH HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR EACH DEPARTMENT OR SUBJECT AREA. ON THE SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average
ROUECHE, JOHN E. – 1967
A SURVEY OF 24 STUDIES RECEIVED AT THE CLEARINGHOUSE DEALING WITH SUCCESS ACHIEVED BY THE TRANSFER STUDENT LEADS TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS--(1) STUDENTS TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE A LOWER GRADE-POINT AVERAGE DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER FOLLOWING TRANSFER, (2) IN MOST CASES RECOVERY OF MARKS DURING SUBSEQUENT SEMESTERS CAN BE NOTED, AND (3) GRADE POINT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Clearinghouses, College Transfer Students
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THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF TRANSFER STUDENTS ADMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI IS EVALUATED. PART I CONSIDERS 306 TRANSFER STUDENTS ADMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY IN SEPTEMBER 1963 AND COVERS A SIX-SEMESTER STUDY PERIOD OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE GROUP WHEN SEPARATED BY TRANSFER CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT. PART II CONSIDERS THE ACADEMIC…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Rate, Grade Point Average, Graduation
Queen, John E.; Rusting, Jean – 1977
Students receiving certificates and Associate of Arts (A.A.) degrees from Cerritos College in spring 1977 (241 A.A. and 48 certificate students) were asked to take the Comparative Guidance and Placement reading test. Forty-four degree and 8 certificate students complied. The A.A. students averaged a reading grade level of 12.6, had an average age…
Descriptors: Age, Associate Degrees, College Credits, College Graduates
Spiller, Leroy J.; Hall, Gerald L. – 1978
The Nelson-Denny Reading Test was administered to 525 community college students in English courses to determine the relationship between reading test scores, success in English courses, and overall grade point average (GPA) and to examine how expectancy charts could be used to predict which students were likely to experience academic difficulty.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Correlation, Educational Diagnosis, English Instruction
North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks.
This study investigated the effectiveness of Individual Counseling and a Parent Educational Program in modifying underachieving behavior and measured personality traits, peer relationships, and perceived family attitudes. The sample was comprised of fifth-grade students, male and female. The treatment duration was an academic year. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Counseling Techniques, Elementary Education, Family Attitudes
Carter, Edith H. – 1975
This document includes reports of two follow-up studies of New River Community College graduates. The 1973 graduates in transfer programs, associate of arts, and associate of science degree programs are examined in terms of: (1) types of degrees and curriculums they completed; (2) their transfer status; (3) their evaluation of the New River…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Followup Studies, Grade Point Average, Graduate Surveys
Hunter, Margaret Jane Moorhead – 1975
The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in grade point averages for students enrolled in speed reading classes and student enrolled in study skills classes by comparing grade point average before and after instruction. Twenty-seven speed reading students were matched with twenty-seven study skills students on the basis of sex, year in…
Descriptors: College Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Harris, Randolph K.; Huckell, Raymond K., Jr. – 1974
This Technical Research Report gives correlations between student scores on the General Technical (GT) composite of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and cumulative grade point averages (GPAs). Data were collected on 911 juniors and seniors selected from a sample at 22 secondary schools in the San Antonio metropolitan area. The GT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Armed Forces, Correlation, Grade Point Average
Buhmeyer, Kenneth J. – 1975
Objective psychological measures, personal historical data, and seven criterion measures of performance were made on 67 physician extenders (MEDEX) in five consecutive classes at a southeastern university training site over a two year period, October 1972-April 1975. Multiple regression analysis was used to identify significant predictors for each…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Grade Point Average, Health Occupations, Higher Education
Rodgers, Ronald C.; Lee, Margaret B. – 1976
Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and Super and Forrest's Career Development Inventory (CDI) are recommended in the their respective manuals for use with secondary school students regardless of academic ability. Scores on both instruments for 245 suburban high school seniors in this investigation were well below reported means.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bias, Career Choice, Career Development
Terenzini, Patrick T.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – 1976
Investigated are the multidimensional differences in freshman perceptions and experience of the academic and nonacademic aspects of college associated with varying amounts of informal contact with faculty. Discriminant analysis indicated that factor dimensions, termed Interest Value and Practical Appeal, best distinguished between groups of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average
