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Download full textErol, Osman; Cirak, Nese Sevim – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2019
The aim of this study is to examine the loneliness and Internet addiction levels of college students in terms of demographic variables and to determine the variables that predict their Internet addiction level. Data were collected from college students studying at a public university in Turkey. The UCLA Loneliness Scale Version3 and Internet…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Internet, Addictive Behavior, Demography
Direct linkKaufman, James C.; Agars, Mark D.; Lopez-Wagner, Muriel C. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
Non-cognitive factors represent a chance to learn more about how to help students succeed in early college experiences. This study examined personality and motivation as predictors of first-quarter GPA in a sample of 315 non-traditional undergraduates at a Hispanic-serving institution. Our results provide support for the importance of high levels…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Incentives, Student Motivation, Personality
Peer reviewedHess, Jonathan H.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
For 224 freshmen students, the degree of relationship was sought between two criterion measures (grade point average (GPA) and units satisfactorily completed) and four cognitive and eleven affective variables. High school GPA was the most valid predictor; affective variables explained only 40-60 percent as much variance as high school GPA.…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Ability, College Credits, College Freshmen
Tracey, Terence J.; Sedlacek, William E. – 1980
A two-dimensional model proposing three predictor dimensions (cognitive, noncognitive, and combined) and four criterion dimensions (grade point average (GPA), enrolled or not, graduate or not, and less traditional criteria) is presented. Preliminary results of a study using the model to examine both white and minority student predictors of…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Black Students, Cognitive Measurement, College Freshmen
Rogers, Brenda H. – 1984
The validity of William Sedlacek's Non-Cognitive Questionnaire (NCQ) for predicting college grade point average (GPA) of black freshmen was studied with 259 black freshmen at North Carolina State University. The relationship of the 24 NCQ items to their first-year GPA was examined through regression analyses. In the past the regression model on…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Aptitude Tests, Black Students, College Admission
Goosen, Rebecca A. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
The purpose of this study was to identify cognitive and non-cognitive variables that will predict a student's ability to achieve success in the lowest level developmental mathematics course at San Jacinto College. The study examined the ability of cognitive variables (standardized entrance examinations, high school grade point average, and type of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, Standardized Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Tracey, Terence J.; Sedlacek, William E. – 1984
Random samples of 1979 and 1980 entering freshmen were given the Non-Cognitive Questionnaire (NCQ), designed to assess seven noncognitive dimensions associated with minority student academic success. The predictive validity of the NCQ for each race was determined with respect to cumulative grade point average (GPA) and persistence at several time…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Affective Measures, Black Students, Citizen Participation
Peer reviewedDuncan-Hewitt, Wendy C. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1996
A University of Toronto effort to develop an accurate measure of affective characteristics in pharmacy school applicants to replace the interview resulted in development of a self-assessment instrument. It was found that a combination of overall grade point average, pharmacy college entrance examination verbal and reading scores, problem-solving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Affective Measures, Allied Health Occupations Education
