Open AccessCORRELATES OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS IN CAREER OR TRANSFER PROGRAMS: A PILOT STUDY
Author(s) -
Linn Robert L.,
Davis Junius A.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
ets research bulletin series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2333-8504
pISSN - 0424-6144
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1966.tb00532.x
Subject(s) - community college , aptitude , psychology , test (biology) , medical education , persistence (discontinuity) , mathematics education , medicine , developmental psychology , engineering , paleontology , geotechnical engineering , biology
This study was undertaken (1) to investigate the utility of a number of promising experimental measures for predicting the performance and persistence of community college students, and (2) to explore the goals and criteria for success within the various college programs. The major emphasis was on the career‐oriented two‐year programs. Within the career programs, the Scholastic Aptitude Test and high school records had validities almost as good as they are at many four‐year colleges. Several of the experimental measures showed promising validities within the career programs and/or distinctive patterns of means among the several program groups.