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Angoff, William H.; Johnson, Eugene G. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1990
Students (N=22,923) who took the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test were classified by the four general undergraduate fields of study and by gender. Analyses were performed of the impact of gender and field of study on GRE scores after controlling for SAT scores. (TJH)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Curriculum, College Entrance Examinations, Curriculum Research
Ratcliff, James L.; And Others – 1991
This report describes the "Differential Coursework Patterns (DCP) Project," which developed the Cluster Analytic Model (CAM) to look at effects of different patterns of college coursework on the general learned abilities of students as determined by such measures as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test. The model looks for…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Development
Ratcliff, James L.; And Others – 1991
This paper reports on a study which used a new model, the Cluster Analytic Model (CAM), to determine the relationship between college coursework and general learning, as determined by the nine item types of the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and a faculty survey of perceptions of general learned abilities in relation to…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Development, College Curriculum
Ratcliff, James L.; Jones, Elizabeth A. – 1990
A study was conducted at a women's college to compare contrasting ideas of general education curriculum requirements: the prescribed core curriculum in which all students take the same courses versus the distributive model in which students are required to choose a minimum number of courses within specified academic areas. Graduating seniors were…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cluster Analysis