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Download full textCastaneda, Gloria G.; Winer, Jane L. – 1985
Studies about engineering students and their success and attrition in college are numerous and diverse. One set of research efforts has focused on the differences between academically successful and unsuccessful engineering students. Personality characteristics, academic preparation, and work values are among the variables which have been analyzed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Entrance Examinations, College Students
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Direct linkBaugher, Dan; Varanelli, Andrew; Weisbord, Ellen – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2003
The world of education is changing as Web-based technology and courseware are increasingly used for delivery of course material. In this environment, instructors may need new measures for determining student involvement, and ultimately student performance. This study examines whether hits to a Web site have any value for predicting student…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Web Based Instruction, Users (Information), Predictor Variables
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1978
Part of a series on student flow in the seven Hawaii community colleges, this report analyzes fall 1975 entering students in their fifth semester. Of a total of 8,979 entering students in fall 1975, 2,342 were registered in fall 1977, and 1,844 had been continuously enrolled over the five semesters. The continuation rate from the previous semester…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, College Credits, Community Colleges, Demography
King, Alan J. C.; And Others – 1982
The quality of preparation for college provided students by Ontario's educational system was assessed. First-year university achievement was compared for students from Ontario's Grade 13 and for students from the final matriculation year or equivalent of other Canadian provinces. University admission procedures were also studied to determine to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Freshmen
Reynolds, William M.; And Others – 1980
Academic self-concept has been viewed by numerous investigators as an important facet of general self-concept. The Academic Self-Concept Scale (ASCS) was developed as a measure of academic self-concept in college students. The initial item pool consisted of 59 items worded to conform to a four-pont Likert-type response format. On the basis of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Affective Measures, College Students
Leirer, Von O.; And Others – 1980
Research on abstract categorical reasoning has shown that students with "A" grade point averages (GPA) have limited, better and often less, reasoning ability than students with lower GPA's. A similar effect was also found when testing "bright" and "dull" subjects. An analysis of this effect was conducted using the component model of categorical…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes
Dale, Grady, Jr. – 1981
The Learning Assistance Program (LAP) at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center was designed to create an inter-school, inter-program network of students and faculty. The aim is to promote a Health Sciences Center-wide approach to help high risk students negotiate high risk courses and to maximize the learning potential of all students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Grade Point Average, Health Education
Frey, Sherman – 1980
A Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents based on Havighurst's Developmental Tasks for Youth was constructed to reflect the adolescents' perceptions of their ability to achieve these tasks in relation to personal abilities, the abilities of others, and the criteria for successful task completion. A validity and reliability study showed the scale to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, American Indians, Developmental Tasks
Breen, Edward; Dulaney-Sorochak, Jeanne – 1978
An examination of the grading policies at the 29 Michigan community colleges is presented. Six major classifications cover all grades given at the colleges: main grading system, pass-fail grades, withdrawal grades, incomplete grades, and audit options. The most common grade policy, used by 24 of the colleges, is the five grade system assigning…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Administrative Policy, Community Colleges, Credit No Credit Grading
Legg, Sue M.; Webb, Jeaninne N. – 1977
The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) had a substantial impact upon the Florida State University System. Over 42% of the beginning freshmen in 1972 took CLEP examinations and over 38% received credit for passing one or more examinations with a score above the national 50th percentile. These freshmen received an average of 27 quarter-hours…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, College Credits, College Freshmen
Morgan, John A., Jr. – 1978
Funding constraints had resulted in the need to increase the size of classes conducted by the Business and Technical Division of Piedmont Technical College. In the absence of budget limitations classes were split when enrollments exceeded 30 students. This study was initiated to examine the relationship of class size to course grade point average…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Business Education, Class Size
YUNKER, JOHN A. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF SMALL GROUP GUIDANCE SESSIONS AND INDUSTRIAL TOURS ON AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF MALE, EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS DEEMED LACKING IN ACADEMIC INTEREST AND/OR ABILITY WHO WERE CLASSIFIED AS POTENTIAL DROPOUTS AND NON-COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS. IT WAS HOPED THAT THE EXPERIENCE WOULD MAKE THEM MORE…
Descriptors: Attendance, Career Guidance, Citizenship, Dropout Prevention
Tollefson, Nona; And Others – 1980
The effect of two student characteristics (sex and grade point average) and two class variables (educational level and expected grade) were investigated as they pertain to the validity of college student ratings of teaching effectiveness. Students completed the Teacher Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ) the last week of the semester. The TEQ…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Frey, Sherman – 1973
The relationship between grade point average, grade level, age, sex, social class, and self-concept as defined by Havighurst's Developmental Tasks for Youth was investigated. Subjects were 280 adolescents ranging in age from 13 through 18 and coming from a variety of social classes. Each subject completed a Self-Concept Scale for Adolescents,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, Developmental Tasks
Donnangelo, Frank Peter – 1978
The effect of Bronx Community College counseling program on the academic suspension rate of probationary students was investigated. The significance of the difference between the percentage of probationary students suspended at the end of the Fall 1977 semester and those suspended at the end of the Spring 1978 semester was computed. For…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Probation, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness
