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Direct linkHaught, Patricia; Walls, Richard – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2004
Students (N = 730) took the Nelson-Denny Reading Test (current forms G or H) during orientation to medical school. Stepwise regression analyses showed the Nelson-Denny Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Rate were significant predictors of MCAT (taken prior to admission to medical school) verbal reasoning. Reading Vocabulary was a significant…
Descriptors: Verbal Tests, Reading Tests, Vocabulary, Test Results
Download full textJohnson, Ralph Edward – 1993
The most prevalent factors in the academic success of African American male undergraduate students at the University of South Carolina were studied. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) mathematics and verbal scores and high school rank were the independent, cognitive variables; and self-esteem, academic self-concept, religiosity, African…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Black Youth, Class Rank
