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Carlson, Jerry S.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
Intelligence test scores were found to predict achievement in high school chemistry more accurately than the Piaget-derived Longeot Test Scores. However, the construct measured by the Longeot is more clearly defined than the construct measured by the intelligence test. In this respect, the Longeot measure may be preferable to the intelligence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, High School Students
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Bennett, Thomas S.; Welsh, M. Cay – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
The ratings of the Achievement and Intellectual Screening scales of the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) are compared with scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) to determine the efficacy of using the PIC as an index of children's performance on such measures.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Children
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Watkins, David; Astilla, Estela – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1980
A follow-up study of 1,149 freshmen at a major Filipino university showed that intellective measures were only moderately successful predictors of college grade point average. However, the nonintellective variables considered were (with the possible exception of level of scholastic expectation) of little value as predictors of college performance.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen