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Peck, Robert F.; And Others – 1978
Coping skills and work motivation were investigated as predictors of academic achievement in Japan, West Germany, and Austin, Texas. Data were gathered from a sample of 3,600 ten and fourteen-year olds. Aptitude was measured by the Raven Progressive Matrices; achievement was measured by standardized tests in reading and mathematics, and by grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Age Differences, Coping
Download full textPETERSON, JOHN F.
INFORMATION ON THE BACKGROUND AND ATTITUDES OF AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 191 HIGH-POTENTIAL, LOW-ACHIEVING 10TH-GRADE STUDENTS WAS SUPPLIED TO THEIR TEACHERS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF THIS INFORMATION ON THE STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE. TEACHERS OF STUDENTS (114) IN A QUASI-CONTROL GROUP WERE INFORMED THAT THEIR PUPILS HAD TESTED AS UNDERACHIEVERS, BUT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Control Groups, Educational Research, Experimental Groups
Copeland, Large L. – 1977
The success of Oakland University's Summer Support Program is analyzed and results are presented in 15 tables. Data presented include: number of graduates from Oakland as compared with number of entries; the amount of movement from one major to another; length of time Summer School Students (SSS) stay enrolled at Oakland; total credits accumulated…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Credits, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis
Tweddale, R. Bruce – 1978
Students who were enrolled at the Grand Valley State Colleges (GVSC) during fall 1977 but did not re-enroll winter 1978 were surveyed. The results showed that (1) 75 percent probably left for reasons the college could not expect to affect; (2) most complimented the college; (3) almost half had not expected to get a degree there to begin with; (4)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cluster Colleges, College Choice, College Role
Brown, Gordon F.; And Others
A goal of increased effectiveness of teacher-student communication led to the development and validation of an 18-item scale, RAM, which classified subjects into categories of Relative, Absolute, and Mixed relative-absolute philosophical orientation to the nature of reality. After three pilot studies using a total of 202 subjects, RAM was…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Colleges, Educational Research
Picou, J. Steven; Carter, T. Michael – 1974
In an effort to understand the dynamics of the status attainment process, the effects of significant-other influence on aspirations were considered. Data were derived from group administered questionnaires of a proportionate, stratified, random cluster sample of Louisiana high school seniors. Utilizing data on 1,241 white males, residence controls…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average, High School Seniors
London, David T. – 1975
Data from the stepwise multiple regression of four educational cognitive style predictor sets on each of six academic competence criteria were used to define the concurrent validity of Hill's educational cognitive style model. The purpose was to determine how appropriate it may be to use this model as a prototype for successful academic programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, College Freshmen
Harden, Harold D. – 1976
The credit awarded to selected students at the University of West Florida for their nontraditional educational experiences was examined and the significance of the credit to the students in their gaining admission and on their completing degree requirements was determined. Focus of the study was on the credit granted for educational experiences in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Academically Gifted, Acceleration
Williams, James W. – 1974
This alumni survey evaluates Alcorn State University by two different methods. Objective data concerning the students' subjective ratings of Alcorn furnished the second means of evaluation. The classes of 1971, 1972, and 1973 were utilized as the particular alumni group to be studied, with 1,428 alumni being sent questionnaires and 446 alumni…
Descriptors: Alumni, Black Colleges, Black Students, Careers
Houston, Charles A. – 1974
In order to evaluate Virginia Western Community College's (VWCC) nursing program and the proficiencies of its graduates, an examination was made of the interrelatedness of certain student characteristics/achievements and subtest scores. Statistical analyses of the data included: (1) a demographic profile of graduates, (2) descriptive analyses of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Students, Community Colleges
Fahrer, Robert F.
Of 909 former Washington community-junior college students above the age of 22 enrolled at Washington State University (WSU) during the spring semester of 1972-73, 215 (23 percent) were randomly selected as the sample population for a study of the following: (1) basic student information; (2) previous institutions attended/hours transferred to…
Descriptors: College Students, College Transfer Students, Educational Objectives, Enrollment Trends
South, James D.; And Others – 1975
This study was conducted to test the following hypotheses: (1) that student-centered teachers are perceived by their students to be more effective than subject-centered teachers, and (2) that the first hypothesis will hold true regardless of certain characteristics of students and faculty. Questionnaires designed to ascertain role-orientation were…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Grade Point Average, Grading
Graff, Robert W.; Beggs, Donald L. – 1970
The Opinion Attitude and Interest Survey (OAIS), a multi-dimensional personality and interest inventory, provides 14 scales which furnish information pertinent to the admission and counseling of college bound students. The validity of the Academic Promise Scales and two of the Psychological Adjustment Scales was investigated, as was the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, College Admission, College Bound Students
Philippus, M. J. – 1967
Thirty bilingual Hispanoamerican students between the ages of eight and thirteen were given verbal and non-verbal intelligence tests which were then correlated with overall school grade point average. Non-verbal tests resulted in higher correlations; the Raven Colored Progressive Matrices appeared to be the best predictor of school successes of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary School Students, Grade Point Average, Intelligence
Pasadena City Coll., CA. – 1973
This report analyzes 4,664 grade reports received from the California State College-University System for students who had transferred from Pasadena City College. The analysis covers all reports that were available as of June 20, 1973, for the period fall 1966 through winter quarter 1973. The grade reports data are tabulated. The tables provide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
