Do Secondary School Grades Predict the Performance of Engineering Students?

Selim, Mohamed Y.; Al-Zarooni, S

doi:10.1080/22054952.2009.11464032

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“…Those who earn below a designated score, which is decided by the department will be directed to other departments. The Clute Institute Selim and Alzarooni (2009) tried to predict the performance of students who have been admitted to the engineering program based on their high school GPA. In their introduction they quoted (Austin, 1993) and stated that "high school grades provide college admission officers one good indication of students academic ability" (p. 145).…”

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Is High School Grade Point Average A Sufficient Measure For Admission To College English Departments?

Alwahibee¹

2015

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This paper tried to investigate the differences between two groups of students who have been admitted to the English departments based on two different methods of admission. The first group (A) was admitted directly to the department based on their high school GPA, while the other group (B) was admitted based on the level of their replacement test which placed them into the intensive English program. The results of the study showed that more (22.2%) of the students, who directly admitted to the department, were at risk of failure. On the other hand, students who have studied in the intensive English program before being admitted to the English department, showed better result since (4%) of the students were at risk of failure. The answers of the rest of questions on this paper were in favor of group (B). Finally this paper presented some valuable suggestion which are useful for English department administrator.

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Is High School Grade Point Average A Sufficient Measure For Admission To College English Departments?

Alwahibee¹

2015

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“…May Selim and S Al-Zarooni [30] found the secondary school grades almost correlate with the students' GPA. Also they noticed that the average GPA of the engineering students reduces with time from entry to the college to graduation.…”

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“…Richard M. Felder et al [49] observed the differences in academic performances between students from rural and small town backgrounds and students from urban and suburban backgrounds, with the urban students doing better on almost every measure investigated. [2], [3], [7], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [18], [20], [23], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36], [37], [39], [40], [41], [44], [47], [49], [50], [51], [52], [53], [54], [55], [56], [57], [58], [59], [60] 2 Success/Failure [1], [8], [24], [31], [39], [61], [62], ,…”

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Factors Influencing Academic Performance of the Students at University Level Exam: A Literature Review

Gajghat¹

2017

IJRET

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It is a general perception that there are some personal characteristics, learning habits, previous academic background and college environmental factors which affect performance of the students at university level. These factors are directly or indirectly correlated with the students' performance. There are so many opinions about the impact of these factors. Some academicians think that personal characteristics, learning habits are more important whereas others argue that previous academic background and college environmental factors are more related with the students' performance. But there is substantial evidence that the views expressed by different stakeholders are not always consistent. Numbers of papers have been illustrated on the related topic and different multi-variable models have been developed to predict students' performance. This review article presents the results of some empirical investigations and illustrations of researches in the past. A new approach for tabulation of review papers is presented here which will ease and help the future researchers in their work.

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“…In looking specifically at the relationship between high school grades and university success, Salim and Al-Zarooni (2009) found that the correlation between students' high school GPAs and their GPAs in an engineering program was 0.67 after two years in the program, 0.62 after 4 years, and then 0.57 for the graduating students. looked at the connection between high school GPAs and university GPAs in Canada, and found that GPA dropped about 10% as students made the transition from high school to first-year university.…”

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“…Though some universities have implemented placement or diagnostic tests to measure the preparedness of their incoming students, many still use high school grades as the only indicator of students' readiness for university mathematics. However, researchers have found mixed results in terms of the effectiveness of high school grades at predicting success in university mathematics courses Salim & Al-Zarooni, 2009) due to factors such as the miss-alignment of teaching methods, students' entering knowledge, and skills, the curricula in high school and university, and high school grade inflation. This dissertation includes two studies.…”

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An analysis of the relationship between high-school pre-calculus and university calculus grades

Barr

Clifton

Renaud

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International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and

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Recently, first-year mathematics instructors at universities across North America and around the globe have been noticing a decline in the mathematics skills and preparation of the incoming student body, and these students have been failing out of first-year mathematics courses at alarming rates . Though some universities have implemented placement or diagnostic tests to measure the preparedness of their incoming students, many still use high school grades as the only indicator of students' readiness for university mathematics. However, researchers have found mixed results in terms of the effectiveness of high school grades at predicting success in university mathematics courses Salim & Al-Zarooni, 2009) due to factors such as the miss-alignment of teaching methods, students' entering knowledge, and skills, the curricula in high school and university, and high school grade inflation. This dissertation includes two studies. The first study analyzed the relationship between grade 12 Pre-Calculus grades and first-year university Calculus grades at a large Canadian university over the period from 2001-2015. The results show that the disconnect between high school grades in mathematics and university grades in mathematics has been growing over time, and is significant for students who are not performing well in university Calculus. Recommendations include the implementation of placement examination, and increased communication and collaboration between K-12

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Do Secondary School Grades Predict the Performance of Engineering Students?

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Is High School Grade Point Average A Sufficient Measure For Admission To College English Departments?

Is High School Grade Point Average A Sufficient Measure For Admission To College English Departments?

Factors Influencing Academic Performance of the Students at University Level Exam: A Literature Review

An analysis of the relationship between high-school pre-calculus and university calculus grades

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