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Performance of Project Advance Students on the AP Biology Examination.
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Mercurio, Joseph; And Others – American Biology Teacher, 1984
Compared performance of Project Advance biology students (N=60) with Advanced Placement (AP) candidates (N=15,947) nationally on College Entrance Examination Board AP biology test. The research, conducted to determine comparability of the program as valid measures of academic achievement, determined that Project Advance students scored above the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Biology
Honors and Advanced Placement Chemistry Courses.
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Journal of Chemical Education, 1983
Summarizes papers and minipapers on honors and advanced placement (AP) chemistry courses presented at the Seventh Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (Stillwater, Oklahoma 1982). Advantages/disadvantages of AP chemistry, high school/college courses, and grouping all chemistry students in one class were among the topics discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Chemistry, College Science, High Schools
A Validity Study of the Multiple-Choice Component of the Advanced Placement Chemistry Examination.
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Modu, Christopher C.; Taft, Hessy L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1982
Compares performance of first-year general chemistry college students from 32 institutions with performance of Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry Candidates in 1978 to provide a concurrent validity measure of the multiple-choice section of the AP chemistry examination. Average AP candidates scored significantly higher than average college students.…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education
Accounting for Advanced High School Coursework in College Admission Decisions
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Sadler, Philip M.; Tai, Robert H. – College and University, 2007
The purpose of the current study is to investigate the feasibility of accounting for student performance in advanced high school coursework through the adjustment of high school grade point average (HSGPA) while separating out variables that are independently considered in the admission process, e.g., SAT/ACT scores, community affluence, type of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Advanced Placement Programs, Predictor Variables
Curriculum Reports, 1981 [for] SE 5050, Florida Institute of Technology.
Richmond, Richard F., Comp. – 1981
Presented are student papers from a science curriculum class at the Florida Institute of Technology. Topics of the papers include Outdoor Biological Instructional Strategies, Individualized Instruction, Nonmajor Science Education, Secondary School Remedial Mathematics, Advanced Placement Program, "Biology: Living Systems," public law 94-142,…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Biology, College Science, Curriculum Evaluation
University-level Computer Engineering in High Schools: Syracuse's Project Advance.
Lambert, Leo M.; And Others – Engineering Education, 1987
Describes Syracuse University's Project Adventure (SUPA), a cooperative arrangement between the university and 80 school districts in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, and Michigan, which is designed to give talented high school seniors the opportunity to enroll in university freshman courses in several subject areas, including computer…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College School Cooperation, College Science, Computer Literacy