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Wright, John C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1976
This study considered the relationship of the AACH Scale of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) to the attrition of a sample of college students from one institution. Results indicate that AACH scores accumulated over a five year period did not differentiate between college students who later graduated and those who did not. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, College Students, Comparative Testing
Nimmer, Donald N. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1979
The Quality of School Life Scale (QLS) is an instrument designed to measure students' perceptions of their school experiences. Such an instrument may aid educators in evaluating students' perceptions in the three areas identified by the QSL: satisfaction, commitment to classwork, and reactions to teachers. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Research Projects, Secondary Education
Whyte, Cassandra B. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1978
Reports a study in which 63 students took part in a 12-week study to see which treatments were more successful when working with high-risk freshmen. The most effective curriculum for high-risk students included group counseling, study skills instruction, and individual internal/external locus of control counseling. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services
Lokan, Janice – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1977
This article describes a study in which six academic and 25 shop courses offered in a special vocational high school were grouped into five clusters for each sex. Predictor tests were given to successive cohorts of entering ninth-grade students. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Guidance, High School Students, Predictive Measurement
Prendergast, Mary A.; Binder, Dorothy M. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1975
This research, with 366 ninth-graders, determines (a) how three self-concept measures relate to each other; (b) the relationships these selected global and specific self-concept measures have to two indices of academic achievement; and (c) the significance of differences among these self-concept-academic achievement correlations. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Individual Characteristics, Measurement Instruments
Wittmaier, Bruce C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1976
Compared with high-test anxious students, those with low scores on both scales of the Achievement Anxiety Test were less anxious before a test, studied less for it, and got more sleep the night before. The pattern of results was congruent with expectations. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, College Students, Higher Education
Norris, Lila; Cochran, Donald J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1977
Describes components of the Prediction System, one section of the computer-based System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI). Students who use the SIGI Prediction System are provided with detailed criterion information and asked to rate themselves. Predictive validities for final grades in four courses were examined. Consistent findings…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Criterion Referenced Tests
Vogel, Ross E.; Halinski, Ronald S. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1977
This article provides information designed to assist counselors in helping high school students realistically assess their chances of earning college credit through the CLEP General Examinations. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Credits, College Entrance Examinations
Keller, John M.; Pugh, Richard C. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1976
Correlations between Rotter's Internal-External (I-E) Control of Reinforcement Scale and the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) were predicted based on previous research and a theoretical expectation of a relationship between I-E and adjustment. These findings have implications for counseling and further research using the I-E variable. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Comparative Analysis