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Direct linkAlshahrany, Abdulla M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Saudi students are required to take the General Aptitude Test (GAT), achieving a certain competency, in order to gain acceptance in matriculation programs, or to study abroad. GAT is surrounded with a great deal of controversy regarding it as a reliable admission factor for measuring a student's aptitude for success in higher education. The…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Scores, Aptitude Tests, English (Second Language)
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Download full textAlthewini, Abdulaziz – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2019
The study is designed to examine the predictive power of Saudi-admission criteria for student performance in an introductory biology course. It focuses on the second semester at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. The study addresses whether the General Aptitude test (GAT), the Scholastic Achievement Admission Test (SAAT), and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictive Validity, Standardized Tests, Aptitude Tests
