Sentence-Completion Responses and Academic Performance Re-Examined

Persistence and the Disadvantaged College Student

“…In the latter instance. SCT results are inconsistent with previous findings of a positive association between need for achievement and scholastic success (6) and those of a negative relationship between the two variables (10). Third, the finding that four of the eight pairs of variances are significantly different at less than the .10 level suggests that persistence is not a simple construct 'but results from many factors other· .…”

“…and LaPlante and Irvin(10), which had been administered as part of the pre-entry battery. The scale includes seven stems embedded in a 42-item instrument as follows: When others do better .…”