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Direct linkStewart, John; Cochran, Geraldine L.; Henderson, Rachel; Zabriskie, Cabot; DeVore, Seth; Miller, Paul; Stewart, Gay; Michaluk, Lynnette – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
This study examined the mediation and moderation of membership in a demographic group underrepresented in physics classes on course outcomes measured by course grades and Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE) post-test scores. The study used a large dataset (N ΒΌ 4490) of course grades, SAT and ACT mathematics scores (ACTM), and matched…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Academic Achievement, College Preparation, College Entrance Examinations
Wu, Jennifer; Kraemer, Philipp – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
This project describes the results from a large enrollment introductory psychology course specially designed to improve performance of first-year students. The main objective of the project was to identify early indicators of student success to inform future teaching and promote classroom engagement. Variables representing academic preparation,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Introductory Courses, Psychology, Academic Achievement
Download full textHiller, Jack H.; And Others
Relationships among Philosophic Mindedness (PM) (a measure of cognitive flexibility), Intellectual Self-Confidence (ISCS), ACT English (ACT-E) and the ability to reason deductively (PCRT) were obtained for 46 female and 45 male undergraduates. ISCS and PM both correlated with total PCRT performance as well as or better than ACT-E for females.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Correlation, Higher Education
Eldridge, Heather; Kim, Jwa K. – 1996
The purpose of this project was to develop a structural model using several important variables related to academic achievement among top college students. Measures of college grade point average (GPA), high school GPA, score on the ACT Assessment, age, and the number of credit hours taken during the college years were collected from graduating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, College Entrance Examinations, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2007
Postsecondary and work success is central to the economic and social wellbeing of a country. Fundamentally, college success is measured by persistence to degree attainment. Analogously, work success refers to effective performance of a job's required tasks. To succeed in college, one must be ready for college. A student who is ready for college is…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Career Development
Nichols, Teresa M.; And Others – 1994
Validity evidence was determined for an instrument used at a state university to measure student perception of the institutionally stressed importance of various professional traits and his/her performance of these traits. Subjects were 87 preservice teachers at the end of student teaching. Scores from the institutionally stressed importance…
Descriptors: Correlation, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
