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Diaz, Gisela M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Although temporal issues affecting organizations and leaders have been researched, time orientation (preference for one or more of the present, past, and future time frames) and visioning ability of change agents within organizations remain open for additional investigation. This exploratory survey study compared self-reported time orientation…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Time Perspective, Administrators, College Faculty
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Davison, Christopher B.; Dustova, Gandzhina – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2017
This research study describes the correlations between student performance and examination format in a higher education teaching and research institution. The researchers employed a quantitative, correlational methodology utilizing linear regression analysis. The data was obtained from undergraduate student test scores over a three-year time span.…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Performance Based Assessment, Correlation, Higher Education
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Okeke-Uzodike, O. E.; Chitakunye, Pepukayi – Africa Education Review, 2016
This study contributes to the on-going discourse on calibration among University students. The study examines the understanding of student self-reflectivity in relation to class written tests and assignments, and of the fact that students' expected results rarely match the actual results. A quantitative research approach was adopted to collect…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Business Administration Education, Assignments, Undergraduate Students
Severance, Dana A. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Housing professionals are increasingly compelled to consider hiring resident assistants (RAs) from a pool of applicants that includes students with less college experience than has traditionally been expected. The purpose of the study is to determine if the success of first-time sophomore RAs differs from that of first-time upper-class RAs…
Descriptors: College Students, Resident Advisers, Predictive Validity, Performance Based Assessment
Heffner, Christopher L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Based on current research and seminal theories on learning, quality, and academic persistence, this study sought to establish the core components of academic quality in higher education and to determine if these components can be used to predict students' intention to persist. This study also looked at differences between traditionally aged…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Quality, Academic Persistence, Higher Education
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Huston, Daniel C.; Garland, Eric L.; Farb, Norman A. S. – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2011
Mindfulness, an ancient spiritual practice, is becoming an increasingly popular component of communication courses, training individuals to reserve judgment in their dealings with others. However, the effects of mindfulness in communication courses are not well researched. We compared students taking an introductory communication course that…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Student Attitudes, Perception, Metacognition
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Leigh, Terrence M.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
Results of two certification examinations were analyzed for the cohorts of physicians who had taken in-training examinations as first, second, and third year residents. Multiple regression analysis showed that the composite score and all but one part-score were independently predictive of performance on the certification examination. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Certification, Comparative Analysis, Family Practice (Medicine), Graduate Medical Education
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Rees, Jonathan; Klapper, John – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2007
This paper reports on a longitudinal study designed to assess the progress made by UK foreign language undergraduate students during the residence abroad (RA) component of their degree. The article first of all places the study within the international research context, and then describes the data collation procedures and methodology employed. It…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Study Abroad, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Dudczak, Craig A.; And Others – 1992
A study assessed the predictive validity of two substantially different instruments (a questionnaire or a philosophy statement) which may be used to predict critics' ballot behavior in Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) debate. Questionnaires were distributed to 29 debate tournaments across the United States for completion by critics…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Debate, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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Powers, Donald E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
The relative contribution of undergraduate grade point average (UGPA) and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) to predicting academic performance in each of three years of law school was investigated. The LSAT makes its greatest contribution in early years and UGPA in later years. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Grade Point Average
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Dial, Thomas H.; Lindley, Diane W. – Journal of Medical Education, 1987
Comparisons of 1983 data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) graduation survey with data on the third-year residencies reveal that the specialty preferences indicated were predictors of residency programs the respondents were in during the third year following graduation. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Graduate Medical Students, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education
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Armstrong, David F.; Nunley, Charlene Wenckowski – Journal of Higher Education, 1981
Two methods used to predict enrollment at Montgomery College in Maryland are compared and evaluated, and the administrative context in which they are used is considered. The two methods involve time series analysis (curve fitting) and indicator techniques (yield from components). (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making
Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY. Office of Instructional Research. – 1966
The relationships between grades of Hofstra students at the end of the freshman year and such predictor variables as high school standing and scores on the SAT are considered. Data are also presented on the overall performance of the class and on the relationship between performance of students who stayed at Hofstra and those who dropped out.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
Vander Kooi, Daryl – 1998
Using the Watson-Barker Listening Test Form A and Form B as pretest and posttest at the freshman level, this research attempted to determine whether the two forms of the test and the differences between pretest and posttest would be significant predictors of students' final grade point average (GPA). Each form of the test was taken by 190 students…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Grade Point Average
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Feingold, Alan – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the comparative validity of the Information and Vocabulary subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the WAIS Verbal and Full Scale Intelligence Quotients, the verbal scores of several standardized scholastic aptitude tests, and their corresponding composite scores relative to a college…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average
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