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The Development and Validation of an Entrance Examination in a Mexican University.

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Alvidres, Maria D.; Whitworth, Randolph H. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981

A validity study on a locally developed college entrance examination was conducted. Thirteen variables combined accounted for only 20 percent of the total variance in university grade point average. A critical analysis of the entrance examination and university selection procedures is discussed and contrasted with data from United States colleges.…

Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries

First Steps in the Development of the "Inventario de Comportamiento de Estudio": The Spanish Version of the "Study Behavior Inventory."

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Bliss, Leonard B.; And Others – 1996

The Inventario de Comportamiento de Estudio (ICE), a Spanish translation of the Study Behavior Inventory (SBI) was developed and tested using a group of 594 undergraduate students from randomly selected classes at a private comprehensive university in Mexico. Both instruments were designed to assess the study behaviors of students in institutions…

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Bilingual Education, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure