The main purpose of this study was to develop predictive expressions for community college curricula, particularly in the vocational areas, that would indicate the probable success of entering freshmen. The study, conducted at San Diego City and San Diego Mesa Colleges during 1967-68, included 2,279 students. The subjects were divided into groups…

The study investigated the role of verbal cues in the communication of the self-fulfilling prophecy phenomenon. Specifically, the purpose was to determine the relationship between 1) teachers' verbal cues to students and teachers' prophecies, 2) teachers' verbal cues to students and student achievement, and 3) teachers' prophecies and student…

The purpose of this study was to arrive at a criterion for grade prediction for college freshmen enrolling in a non-laboratory biological science course. The independent variables employed (selected on the basis of availability from previous academic performance) were: (1) high school overall grade point average (GPA), (2) high school science…

Since the development of causal path analysis by Wright, both the standardized and unstandardized procedures in path coefficient estimates have been advocated in the related literature, but the superiority of one technique over the other has not been demonstrated empirically or mathematically. In this study, the sampling properties of both…

The purpose of this study was to determine: (1) Is there a relationship between previous science knowledge and problem-solving performance?, (2) Is there a relationship between IQ, age, or reading ability and problem-solving performance?, and (3) Is there a relationship between selected cognitive factors of intelligence and problem-solving…

Through a comprehensive critical review of the empirical literature on health services utilization, there has been developed: (1) a classification of health services utilization, (2) a list of operational indices commonly used to measure each type of use. (3) a summary of the most powerful predictors of various types of use, and (4) a numbered…

Studies of college students have documented a minimal relationship between academic and nonacademic accomplishments and between academic achievement and creative abilities. However, a higher relationship has been shown between productive thinking and nonacademic accomplishments. In this study such relationships are assessed in 2 college…

This report is primarily a summary of the results of validity studies carried out by the Educational Testing Service for graduate schools of business during the 3 years of the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business (ATGSB) Validity Study Service. The report covers 69 studies carried out for 67 graduate schools of business in the period from…

Point biserial correlation coefficients were calculated between semester biology grades in a junior college course and the following dichotomies: science or non-science majors; freshmen or non-freshmen; process-oriented or content-oriented high school biology background; process or content view of college biology; full- or part-time students; and…

Among students and faculty as well, there are widespread beliefs that some departmental programs impose stringent demands on students while others are relatively undemanding. A second notion is that students with a given level of academic talent gravitate to departments whose demands correspond with the student's talent. It was therefore the…

For the past several years, entering University of Illinois freshmen have been required to participate in a "College Diagnostic Testing Program." A central purpose of this program has been to improve the prediction of course grades and of overall gradepoint averages (GPA) within the various colleges of the university. The unit for which the…

THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES A MODEL, "CENTRAL PREDICTION SYSTEM," FOR PREDICTING SUCCESS IN ONE OF SEVERAL SENIOR COLLEGES ON THE BASES OF TEST SCORES AND ACHIEVEMENT IN ONE OF SEVERAL JUNIOR COLLEGES. BASED ON ANALYSES OF THE 1962 JUNIOR CLASS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, TABLES WERE DEVELOPED FOR APPLICATION…

This document reviews what the literature has to say about predicting the future of education, about the role of human values in affecting that future, and about the role of educational technology in the future. A review of current trends in Ontario is also presented. The literature reviewed suggests that teachers can control the future to a…

Opinions on future plans for industrial arts education in relation to the projected nature of post-industrial society are presented, and resulted from research utilizing the Delphi technique. (LH)

A formula for predicting population, given past data, is presented. Decade census reports for the United States are used to analyze problems that might occur in prediction. (MP)