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Culture-Fair Prediction of Academic Achievement
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Fagan, Joseph F.; Holland, Cynthia R. – Intelligence, 2009
A theoretically based, culture-fair test of new learning ability is predictive of academic achievement. A sample of 633 adults, 121 of minority status, drawn from urban private universities, colleges, and community colleges were given information as to the meanings of previously unknown words, sayings, similarities, and analogies. They were also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Prediction, College Students, Urban Schools
Predicting Academic Achievement with Cognitive Ability
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Rohde, Treena Eileen; Thompson, Lee Anne – Intelligence, 2007
The purpose of the present study is to explain variation in academic achievement with general cognitive ability and specific cognitive abilities. Grade point average, Wide Range Achievement Test III scores, and SAT scores represented academic achievement. The specific cognitive abilities of interest were: working memory, processing speed, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests
Cognitive Predictors of Final Grades in Finite Mathematics.
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Troutman, James G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
Grades in a college freshman course in finite mathematics were predicted from IQ, high school math grades, college board scores, and high school class ranks. The squared multiple correlation for the full model was .611. (JKS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, College Entrance Examinations, College Mathematics