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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Predicting Academic Success"”.
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Predicting Academic Success among First-Year, First Generation Students
… of populations who are at risk in terms of academic success. First generation status denotes one group of students who are at risk in terms of persistence towards a bachelor's degree. The purpose of this study was to examine what factors predict the academic success of first year, full-time …
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Factors Predicting Academic Success for Impoverished Urban High School Freshmen.
… which factors are most closely related to academic success during the freshman year for low socioeconomic students in one urban high school. This was an ex post facto study conducted in one urban high school in East Tennessee. The subjects were students enrolled in the 9<sup>th</sup> grade …
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Predicting Academic Success in College Using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised
The prediction of success in college has received a substantial amount of research interest. A variety of predictor variables have been examined including personality and demographic variables as well as scores on standardized college entrance examinations. However, few studies have included the …
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Recommender systems in higher education: The effectiveness of meta-data analysis in predicting academic success
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A Comparison of the Tests of Adult Basic Education and the Health Occupations Basic Entrance Test in Predicting Academic Success in Practical Nursing Programs
… given little thought to what they must possess academically and attitudinally to successfully complete such training. Efforts to identify academic and attitudinal attributes predictive of academic success have long been a goal of educators. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to, first, …
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The relationship of psychosocial factors and academic success
Background: Predicting who will succeed in an academic and career setting is of critical importance during an era of high unemployment rates, spiraling cost in education, and a changing economy. Previous research related to students who succeed has focused primarily on academic cognitive factors. …
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The predictive validity of the general scholastic aptitude test (GSAT) for first year students in information technology
… General Scholastic Aptitude Test as a tool for predicting academic success for first year Information Technology (IT) students. Secondly it seeks to establish if it is an equally good predictor for the various racial groups in South Africa. Thirdly it investigates it’s usefulness as a predictor …
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Wechsler adult intelligence scale as a predictor of college success with high risk students
… necessary for high risk students to experience success in college. The subjects were 60 full-time college freshmen enrolled in a special program for high risk students at Ball State University during the 1978-79 school year.The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) was administered to …
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Data-driven decisions: a conceptual framework for integrating educational data mining in professional bodies
… and the nuanced characteristics associated with academic excellence. The overarching goal is to provide actionable insights for institutions and educators, facilitating informed decision-making in areas like student recruitment, course success prediction, and fostering sustainability and equity …
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Predicting the Academic Success of Female Engineering Students During the First Year of College Using the SAT and Non-Cognitive Variables
… (NCQ) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in predicting the academic achievement of first year female engineering students. Ancis and Sedlacek (1997) studied non-cognitive variables with a general population of undergraduate women. Their study validated the NCQ as a predictor of academic …
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Assessment, equity and language of learning : key issues for higher education selection in South Africa
… disadvantaged candidates, reliable predictors of academic success in Higher Education. Despite this limitation, however, the Senior Certificate examination plays a vital role in the education system. The aims of the study are thus to investigate procedures that could be used in addition to, rather …