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Direct linkBerlin, Noémi; Tavani, Jean-Louis; Beasançon, Maud – Education Economics, 2016
We investigate the link between schooling achievement and creativity scores, controlling for personality traits and other individual characteristics. Our study is based on field data collected in a secondary school situated in a Parisian suburb. Four scores of creativity were measured on 9th graders. Verbal divergent thinking negatively predicts…
Descriptors: Creativity, Academic Achievement, Scores, Personality Traits
Gorvine, Benjamin J.; Smith, H. David – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
This study describes the use of a collaborative learning approach in a psychological statistics course and examines the factors that predict which students benefit most from such an approach in terms of learning outcomes. In a course format with a substantial group work component, 166 students were surveyed on their preference for individual…
Descriptors: Prediction, Predictive Measurement, Success, Psychology
Yang, Yan; Taylor, Jeff – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of achievement goals in online test anxiety and help-seeking while controlling for self-efficacy and potential demographic differences. A total of 150 online students participated in the survey. Separate hierarchical regression analysis results suggested the differential roles of achievement goals…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Goal Orientation, Help Seeking, Online Courses
Chow, Henry P. H. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2010
Introduction: University students need to cope with a complex new life role and to achieve academic success. This article explores the academic performance and psychological well-being among university students in a western Canadian city. Method: Using a convenience sample, a total of 501 undergraduate students in Regina, Saskatchewan took part in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life
DUBOIS, PHILIP H.; WIENTGE, KING M. – 1964
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO EVALUATE WHETHER (1) BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND (2) MEASURES OF APTITUDES, ABILITIES, INTERESTS, AND MOTIVATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS ARE RELATED TO THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF ADULT STUDENTS. DETERMINATIONS WERE MADE, ALSO, ON WHETHER MEASURES OF SUCH DATA AND CHARACTERISTICS CAN BE USED TO PREDICT ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN THE SEVERAL AREAS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Students, Counseling
Download full textKester, Donald L. – 1971
Nor Cal Phase III was the experimental portion of the 3-year attrition study. The general purpose of the study was to design and test treatments aimed at reducing attrition among first-time freshmen entering community colleges. Twenty-eight colleges (22 in Northern California, five in Southern California and one out-of-state) were involved in…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Dropout Prevention, Persistence, Prediction
Peer reviewedMuthard, J. E.; And Others – American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1976
The American Occupational Therapy Association's certification instruments failed to show any ability to predict future job performance and job satisfaction of occupational therapists. (GW)
Descriptors: Certification, Evaluation Criteria, Field Studies, Job Performance
Shaw, James B.; McCormick, Ernest J. – 1976
The study was directed towards the further exploration of the use of attribute ratings as the basis for establishing the job component validity of tests, in particular by using different methods of combining "attribute-based" data with "job analysis" data to form estimates of the aptitude requirements of jobs. The primary focus…
Descriptors: Ability, Cognitive Tests, Factor Analysis, Job Analysis
Richardson Foundation, Greensboro, NC. Creativity Research Inst. – 1965
A "Research Conference on the Use of Autobiographical Data as Psychological Predictors" brought together 15 research psychologists to discuss means of maximizing the use of autobiographical instruments. The purposes of the conference were to: (1) reveal experiences, statistical data, and psychological insights developed through research and the…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Conference Reports, Data Collection, Prediction
Kaase, Kristopher J. – 1994
This study tested the ability of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) to predict attrition for first-time, full-time freshmen at a predominantly white, medium-sized, liberal arts, denominational college in the southeast. A random sample of 100 students were surveyed of which 84 returned usable questionnaires (57 females, 27 male,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Students, Higher Education
Clark, Mary Jo – 1986
This paper examined test scores and information about test takers collected from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) national test administration files, GRE validity study data provided by institutional users, and survey questionnaires sent to test repeaters. Data were collected from 200,000 men and women who took the GRE General Test in June…
Descriptors: Adults, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Grade Prediction
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1982
A test was developed to predict job satisfaction on the basis of psychological needs satisfaction. A short questionnaire consisting of six multiple choice questions was designed to measure (1) expressed degree of need satisfaction among 14 pre-selected psychological needs (job security, outdoor work, good pay, competition, esteem, leadership,…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Education, Individual Needs, Job Satisfaction
Burt, Keith B.; Hay, Dale F.; Pawlby, Susan; Harold, Gordon; Sharp, Deborah – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: Variable- and person-centred analyses were used to examine prediction of middle childhood behaviour problems from earlier child and family measures. Method: A community sample of 164 families, initially recruited at antenatal clinics at two South London practices, was assessed for children's behaviour problems and cognitive ability,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictive Measurement, Measurement Techniques, Ethnicity
Lyons, Kevin J.; Young, Barbara E.; Haas, Patricia S.; Hojat, Mohammadreza; Bross, Theodore M. – 1997
This study, a collaborative undertaking between the college of health professions and the medical college at Thomas Jefferson University (Pennsylvania), was part of a larger project intended to examine whether a selected set of academic, demographic, and psychosocial variables are predictive of nursing and allied health student academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Allied Health Occupations Education, Analysis of Covariance
Baird, Leonard L. – 1976
This review examines the accuracy and the concurrent and predictive validity of brief self-report information, and evaluates the promise and problems involved in its practical use. In section one, the power of self-report information for predicting and understanding grades is reviewed. In the second section, research on the influence of background…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Activism, Adults, Background
