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Using a Surrogate Test of Math Skills to Predict Performance of Non-Traditional Accounting Students.
Peer reviewedSchiff, Jonathan B. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1989
A study was designed to predict student performance in the introductory accounting course, specifically the performance of nontraditional students. A predictive instrument to measure mathematical abilities was employed; outcomes were compared to individuals' final course grade. Results indicate that a brief math skills test can predict performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Adult Education, Mathematics Skills
Download full textSHEA, J. J. – 1966
THIS PROJECT WAS TO DETERMINE--(1) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SUMMER REMEDIAL PROGRAM IN PREPARING UNDERACHIEVING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE FIRST SEMESTER OF A 2-YEAR TERMINAL JUNIOR COLLEGE PROGRAM, AND (2) IF VOCATIONAL-PERSONAL COUNSELING HAS A DIFFERENTIATING EFFECT IN THEIR ACHIEVEMENT OF THAT GOAL. FORTY SUBJECTS…
Descriptors: Achievement, Counseling Services, Counselors, High School Graduates
PDF pending restorationLawrence, Ida M.; And Others – 1995
This research summarizes differential item functioning (DIF) results for student produced response (SPR) items, a nonmultiple-choice mathematical item type in the Scholastic Aptitude Test I (SAT I). DIF data from 4 field trial pretest administrations (620 SPR items) and 10 final forms (100 SPR items with samples ranging from about 58,000 to over…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Item Bias, Mathematics Tests
Peer reviewedHall, Vernon C.; Edmondson, Beverly – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
Results for 78 college students who took a pretest on basketball knowledge, read a passage on basketball, and took an immediate or delayed posttest indicate that pretest scores are significantly related to immediate posttest scores, whereas delayed posttest scores are related to Scholastic Aptitude Test verbal scores. (SLD)
Descriptors: Aptitude, Basketball, College Entrance Examinations, College Students
Pike, Lewis W.; Evans, Franklin R. – 1972
A differential instructional program was developed for each of three mathematics aptitude item formats to determine the relative susceptibility of each to special instruction. High school juniors were given a pretest that included items of each format and a parallel form as a posttest several weeks later. Between the pre- and posttests,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, Grade 11, Instructional Design
Hansen, Janet – 1993
Students who take the National Education Development Test (NEDT) receive predictions of their test score range for college entrance examinations including the American College Testing Program (ACT). This study was undertaken to investigate the correlation between scores on the NEDT and the ACT. Sixty female students were selected from the junior…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1971
This report, which draws from numerous previous Harcum reports, summarizes the entrance status, development, and achievements of Harcum students from 1962 to 1970. (MS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Accountability, Achievement Tests
Reynolds, Arthur J.; Oberman, Geraldine L. – 1987
The history of test coaching has shown that positive benefits can be produced from short-term orientation, practice, and drill. Coaching on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) has been especially scrutinized for efficacy and has shown modest program effects, despite the limited scope and duration of such programs. The present investigation expands…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing
Schroeder, Eileen E. – 1994
Maps or graphical browsers of structural knowledge allow the user of a hypertext system to navigate from node to node through the structure as they portray the links between concepts spatially. This study examined the results of using two different graphical browsers that provide different amounts of information about the structure of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Mapping
Facione, Peter A. – 1990
Correlations between the California Critical Thinking Skills Test--College Level (CCTST) and student-related factors regarded as indicators of academic ability and success were studied in a series of four experiments investigating whether the CCTST measures improvement in critical thinking (CT) skills. During 1989-90, data were collected on 1,196…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, College Students, Course Evaluation, Critical Thinking
Wing, Cliff W., Jr.; And Others – 1989
The relationship between gender and the race/geographic area of students and their Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) score gains after participation in one of two test preparatory programs was studied. Black (n=181) and native-born Appalachian white (n=67) high school juniors were selected on the basis of high scores on the California Achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing
Mangino, Evangelina; And Others – 1984
Results are summarized for the Austin, Texas, Independent School District (AISD) achievement testing program during the 1984-85 year. The data are presented to compare AISD results to national and urban averages. The performance of AISD students on other tests is presented, as well as two-year and six-year trends. Both percentile and grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations
Davis, Wesley D. – 1985
This study evaluated Krell's 1981-82 Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) preparatory series software purported to raise students' scores substantially after only a short term of computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Forty-eight college-bound juniors from Escambia County (Florida) were assigned to experimental and control groups. A two-phased pre- and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Instruction
Socha, Alan; Barclay, Raymond – Online Submission, 2005
A cut score validity analysis for a pretest writing prompt and the SAT Verbal and Math assessments was performed for academic writing course placement. This study was carried out as part of a broader program of assessment aimed at understanding the impact of the writing course and eventually set the baseline for assessing the impact of 'writing…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Test Validity, Program Effectiveness, Scoring
Kobrin, Jennifer – College Entrance Examination Board, 2001
SpringBoard is a program in Mathematics and English Language Arts for students in grades 6 through 12. The College Board first began work on developing rigorous instructional content and assessments in the early 1990s through a program called Pacesetter. While the original focus of Pacesetter was 4th year high school courses, Pacesetter users…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Research, High Schools, Secondary School Curriculum
