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Peer reviewedHall, Vernon C.; Edmondson, Beverly – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
Results for 78 college students who took a pretest on basketball knowledge, read a passage on basketball, and took an immediate or delayed posttest indicate that pretest scores are significantly related to immediate posttest scores, whereas delayed posttest scores are related to Scholastic Aptitude Test verbal scores. (SLD)
Descriptors: Aptitude, Basketball, College Entrance Examinations, College Students
Peer reviewedBreland, Hunter M.; Gaynor, Judith L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1979
Over 2,000 writing samples were collected from four undergraduate institutions and compared, where possible, with scores on a multiple-choice test. High correlations between ratings of the writing samples and multiple-choice test scores were obtained. Samples contributed substantially to the prediction of both college grades and writing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Correlation, Essay Tests
