Mathematical SAT Test Scores and College Chemistry Grades

Learning stoichiometry: a comparison of text and multimedia formats

“…R 2 ) in the posttest-2 scores is explained by the SAT scores. These results support the previous findings of a positive relationship between SAT scores and chemistry performance (Ozsogomonyan & Loftus, 1979;Spencer, 1996). This exploratory data analysis suggests that posttest-2 performance is related to gender, with males having the advantage (r=.49, p=.001), even with the presence of a male outlier score (28) nearly three standard deviations below the male mean score (mean=78; SD=17) (see Figure 14[B]).…”

“…Prior knowledge and gender have both been associated with chemistry performance (Boli, Allen, & Payne, 1985;Ozsogomonyan & Loftus, 1979;Shibley, Milakofsky, Bender, & Patterson, 2003;Spencer, 1996). Therefore the composition of the two treatment groups was checked with regard to indicators of the volunteers' prior knowledge (participation in AP or other advanced chemistry coursework and performance on the SAT) and gender.…”

Improving the Success of First Term General Chemistry Students at a Liberal Arts Institution

“…Because of the quantitative nature of general chemistry, it has been shown that math preparedness plays a large role in success in this course [14]. Strategies to determine which students may be mathematically underprepared for general chemistry have been based on high school GPA, standardized college admission tests such as ACT and SAT exams, and chemistry placement exams that are usually administered online [10,13,15,24].…”

“…Many strategies have been employed to identify underprepared students in order to provide them adequate preparation prior to entering rigorous STEM major course work. Chemistry placement exams [13], Math course placement [14], ACT/SAT college entrance exam scores [13][14][15], high school grade point average (GPA) [13], and other types of identifiers [10] have been utilized to gain insight into academic preparation and make predictions about future success in general chemistry. The Toledo Placement exam is a nationally normed chemistry placement exam offered by the American Chemical Society Exams Institute that has been shown to be an effective mechanism for identifying academic preparation predictive of success in first semester general chemistry coursework [13].…”

Determinants of students' success at university

“…Further factors mentioned in the literature that may help identify students at risk of failing include: first year experience at the university (Krause et al, 2005), the ability to adapt to the university environment (McInnis, James and Hartley, 2000;Peat, Dalziel and Grant, 2001) or pre-semester tests (Spencer, 1996). Study skills have also been found to influence academic performance, but they only account for a small amount of variance in the GPA.…”