The twofold purpose of this study was (a) to determine if selected variables were significant predictors of final MBA student program performance and (b) to determine if selected variables explained a significant proportion of the variance in final MBA student program performance at an AACSB-accredited university. Variables examined include age at…

A summary of the performance of Los Angeles City College (LACC) transfers to the California State University at Los Angeles (CSLA) during the 1973-74 school year, indicates that 719 (84 percent) of the 854 entrants completed some work. Their average first quarter GPA was 2.44 (-0.05 points below their LACC average of 2.49); one-third earned a…

The most powerful predictor of student persistence in undergraduate music education majors was found to be the grade point average, especially the applied music grade at the end of one year of study. (RM)

A study analyzed the grade point averages (GPAs) and scores on a business concepts quiz of 419 undergraduate business students. Effect of student major was also controlled. Females earned higher overall grades than males; males outperformed females in ability to describe basic business concepts. Gender and academic major accounted for over 10…

In an accounting class in which 25% of grades were derived from group work, students completed peer evaluations. Regression analyses revealed that accounting majors and students with higher grade point averages received higher peer evaluations. Higher group homework and class participation grades were associated with higher peer evaluations. (SK)

To resolve the dispute amongst several studies, this research investigated whether the new generation of women engineering majors, who have been better academically prepared and presumably instilled with confidence, still experience lower levels of achievement than male engineering students. This study was framed under Bandura's (1986) triadic…

Currently, students from low-income backgrounds are underrepresented at selective colleges and universities in the U.S. With the introduction of many programs aimed at increasing the numbers of these students at selective institutions, it is important to understand how the characteristics of an institution can affect educational outcomes. Using…

A recent study by Beilock, Reidell, and McConnell (2007) suggested that stereotype threat experienced in one domain (e.g., math) triggered by knowledge of a negative stereotype about a social group in that particular domain can spill over into subsequent tasks in totally unrelated domains (e.g., reading). The authors suggested that these findings…

The effects of selecting students on the basis of their total high school grade point average are compared to the effects of using academic high school average. (MLP)

As part of a continuing student flow study in the Hawaii community colleges, this report focuses on the 695 extreme persisters who entered college in fall 1974 and were continuing their studies into the seventh semester, and specifically on such persisters at the Honolulu, Kapiolani, and Leeward campuses. Overall data indicated that high…

Results indicate that the sex difference in over-achievement is probably an artifact of the sex differences in major field choice. (Author)

A comparison between education and noneducation majors revealed that high school rank, freshman grade point average, and Scholastic Aptitude Test scores positively correlated as variables with college success indicators for both groups and that there was very little difference between the groups in grades received in common university core courses…

The adaptation level theory in grading implies that students select major programs whose grading practices are realistic with their ability. A causal approach using a system of multiple equations was used to investigate this theory. The results lent support to occurrence of the adaptive grading practice. (Author/CM)

Reports the results of research designed to study 1) the relation between college students' affective entry characteristics and final course grades in music education and music therapy classes and 2) the effects of these classes, student grade point average, and student's major on students' affective characteristics and final course grades. (AM)

Significant education research has focused on the study approaches of students. Two study approaches have been clearly identified: deep and surface. In this study, the author examined the way in which students approach studying introductory accounting courses. In general, he found that GPA and expected course grade were correlated positively with…