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Sternberg, Robert J.; Bonney, Christina R.; Gabora, Liane; Merrifield, Maegan – Educational Psychologist, 2012
This article outlines shortcomings of currently used university admissions tests and discusses ways in which they could potentially be improved, summarizing two projects designed to enhance college and university admissions. The projects were inspired by the augmented theory of successful intelligence, according to which successful intelligence…
Descriptors: Intelligence, College Students, Grade Point Average, Prediction

Thorndike, Robert L. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1986
Analyzed several data sets to compare the prediction possible from a uniform general factor score with that produced by a separately tailored set of regression weights when those weights are applied to a new cross-validation sample. Found that with smaller samples, the uniform general factor score was clearly superior. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Tests, Cross Sectional Studies, Factor Analysis
Lunneborg, Patricia; And Others – Educ Psychol Meas, 1970
The failure of traditional aptitude and achievement Measures to predict nonintellective, long-term criteria of college success is discussed. (PR)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria
Wilbourn, James M.; Guinn, Nancy – 1973
A battery of 11 nonverbal tests were administered to a sample of 2,362 non-prior service enlistees who had been selected to one of seven technical schools. The usefulness of additional aptitudinal and educational data was also investigated. The number of significant relationships between certain nonverbal tests and final technical school grade…
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Tests, Classification, Enlisted Personnel
Sofge, Charles T. – 1974
A primary objective of this research was the development of predictors of academic performance and satisfaction for aeronautical engineering students. Three basic types of data used to develop predictors were biographical (historical), academic aptitude (graduate record exam), and individual interests (Strong Vocational Interest Blank) data.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aerospace Technology, Aptitude Tests, Interest Inventories
Williams, Robert L. – Journal of Afro-American Issues, 1975
The claim that tests of intelligence and abilities are the best predictors of academic success fails to examine closely the important moderator variable as test and criterion characteristics rather than as person characteristics. (EH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Black Youth, Intelligence Tests

Sharon, Amiel T. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
Results of this study indicate that an English proficiency test such as TOEFL may raise the validity of the GRE aptitude tests in predicting foreign students' graduate school GPA. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Graduate Study

Katz, Martin; Norris, Lila – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1972
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Grade 12, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction
Bowers, John; Loeb, Jane – 1971
Multiple regression equations predicting first semester grade point average (GPA) from high school percentile rank (HSPR) and Composite score on the American College Test (ACT:C) were examined for five successive fall freshman classes (1965-1969) at the University of Illinois. Slopes were significantly different among the five equations. Further…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Aptitude Tests, College Admission

Aleamoni, Lawrence M.; Oboler, Linda – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is shown to be a better predictor of first semester college grade point average than the American College Test (ACT) at a highly selective midwestern university. (JKS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average

Humphreys, Lloyd G.; Lin, Pang-chieh – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1977
Using a model followed in earlier research, graduate and professional school grades are predicted from undergraduate grades and standardized aptitude measures. Results indicate that first year grades in graduate school are more predictable than senior grades. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction
Flaherty, Robert John – 1987
This study was undertaken to determine whether a significant correlation exists between the student's performance on the Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Examination and three factors: (1) mathematics scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT); (2) a mathematics index score reflecting mathematics courses taken by the student…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Aptitude Tests, Computer Science
Vincent, Harold A.; And Others – 1986
Variables to predict grades in a noncalculus, preprofessional college physics course at Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically-black institution, were identified using linear regression. The two-semester, noncalculus physics course emphasizes the application of physics in the health professions. The study population consisted of 123…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Black Students, College Science, College Students
Rock, Donald A.; Evans, Franklin R. – 1971
Methodologies were proposed for combining background and aptitude and/or achievement information in an approach to the classification problem using the concept of under- and overachievement. The methodologies were applied to independent samples from four high school curricula. The results suggest that when past achievement and/or aptitudes were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Classification, Cluster Grouping
Firstman, Aranga – 1983
A study was conducted to assess the use of the Psychological Services Bureau's Aptitude Test for Practical Nursing (PSB Aptitude Test) as an entrance requirement for the licensed vocational nurse (LVN) program at College of the Sequoias. The study sought to determine whether the PSB Aptitude Test was a valid indicator of success in the LVN…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Community Colleges, Grade Point Average