Using Writing Samples To Predict Success in a Graduate College of Education.

Autor/in	Perney, Jan
Titel	Using Writing Samples To Predict Success in a Graduate College of Education.
Quelle	(1994), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Grade Point Average; Graduate Students; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Prediction; Predictor Variables; Schools of Education; Scores; Success; Teacher Education; Teacher Education Programs; Writing Skills; Miller Analogies Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Vorhersage; Prädiktor; Erziehungswissenschaftliche Fakultät; Erfolg; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Cognitive competence; Assessment; Test; Analytical thinking; Kognitive Kompetenz; Eignungstest; Analytisches Denken
Abstract	This study tried to determine how well a combination of junior/senior undergraduate grade point average, standardized test scores, and writing sample scores can predict a student's success in a graduate College of Education. The study used data on 164 students selected to have a slight over-representation of students with lower Miller Analogies Test (MAT) scores. University administrative offices were able to supply a writing sample for 151 of the 164 students limiting the sample to those 151 students. Writing samples were scored by 3 readers with several years experience scoring essays. Predictor variables were undergraduate grade point average from the junior and senior years, the MAT score, and the writing sample score. Dependent variables were student teaching grade, graduate grade point average, and graduation success. Data analysis indicated that although none of the variables could accurately predict student teaching performance or graduation success, the writing sample, in conjunction with the junior/senior undergraduate grade point average could be used with moderate success to predict a student's graduate grade point average. Contains six references. (JB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC