Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Author
| Eccles, J. J. | 1 |
| Farrington, Kristy | 1 |
| GIll, Emmett L., Jr. | 1 |
| Moodie, A. G. | 1 |
| Tobias, Sigmund | 1 |
| Willoughby, T. Lee | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Nelson Denny Reading Tests | 4 |
| Sarason Test Anxiety Scale | 1 |
| Wide Range Achievement Test | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkGIll, Emmett L., Jr.; Farrington, Kristy – Journal of College Student Development, 2014
An undergraduate degree is critical to a student-athlete's transition into life after sports; however, Black male student-athletes are not seizing the opportunities associated with college graduation. Black male student athletes' graduation rates are consistently and substantially lower than those of their White male student-athlete counterparts.…
Descriptors: Males, College Athletics, Athletes, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedWilloughby, T. Lee; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1979
The validity of the Study Practices Inventory (SPI) for a group of entering pharmacy students was assessed. The four subscores of the SPI showed moderate correlation with entering grade point average and with measures of reading ability. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Pharmaceutical Education, Predictive Validity
Download full textEccles, J. J.; Moodie, A. G. – 1971
In an evaluation of the Reading Efficiency course at Windermere Secondary School, the experimental group made greater gains (statistically significant at the .01 level) in the Reading Rate subtest of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test than did the control group. The experimental group also made greater gains than the control group in reading rate on…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Grade 12, High School Students, Program Evaluation
Tobias, Sigmund – 1984
Students' macroprocessing of instruction was studied in a learning situation which used adjunct questions. The subjects were offered various macroprocessing options while reading a passage on data processing and computer programming. Each sentence appeared on a computer CRT screen one at a time. The options included: (1) review any sentence or…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
