Showcasing the Predictive Validity of High School Records for Students of English Language and Literature

Autor/inn/en	Ostovar-Namaghi, Seyyed Ali; Iranmehr, Abutaleb; Moghaddam, Mostafa Morady
Titel	Showcasing the Predictive Validity of High School Records for Students of English Language and Literature
Quelle	In: International Journal of Language Testing, 11 (2021) 2, S.168-179 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2476-5880
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Student Records; Predictive Validity; College Entrance Examinations; Undergraduate Students; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); English Literature; Grade Point Average; Correlation; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerakte; Aufnahmeprüfung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Englische literatur; Korrelation; Schulleistung; Ausland
Abstract	Some universities in Iran have recently witnessed a shift in admission criteria from university admission test performance towards high school records. This sudden change seems to be unwarranted since the predictive power of high school records has not been explored. To fill in this gap, this study aims at showcasing the predictive validity of high school records for undergraduate students of English language and literature. To this end, a random sample of undergraduate students studying at Shahrood University of Technology was selected as the participants, the predictor variables were operationally defined as the participants' grade point average (GPA) in three school subjects including English, Persian and Arabic languages along with their overall high school GPA, and the outcome variable was operationalized as the participants' overall GPA for the first academic year. The results of the Pearson correlation revealed a significant but very low correlation between the variables of interest. Moreover, the results of multiple regression analysis revealed that none of the predictor variables well predicts academic success in the English language and literature. Although the results of this study are case-specific, they have clear implications for policymakers and interested researchers nationwide. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Tabaran Institute of Higher Education. Shariati 60, Shariati Blvd, Ghasem Abad, Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran. Tel: +98 (51) 35227215; e-mail: ijlt@tabaran.ac.ir; Web site: http://www.ijlt.ir/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01