Prediction of Achievement in a First-Year Psychology Class Using Cognitive and Noncognitive Measures.

Wiltse, Paul; And Others

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Publication Date: 1979

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Prediction of Achievement in a First-Year Psychology Class Using Cognitive and Noncognitive Measures.

Wiltse, Paul; And Others

Education, v99 n4 p336-42 Sum 1979

Prediction of academic performance was investigated among 76 introductory psychology students. Seven noncognitive and four cognitive measures were used. Sex differences emerged, the best predictors being the Basic Word Vocabulary Test (cognitive) and the American Core Values Test (noncognitive) accounting for about 50 percent of the variance. (JC)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Higher Education, Sex Differences

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