Some Observations on the Relationship between Mental Ability and Achievement in French

Student Factors in Foreign Language Learning

“…This study was done a t the Australian Army Language School and utilized between 20 and 30 students. Bovee and Froehlich (1945) used a group of 279 first-year pupils and 172 second-year pupils in French at the Laboratory School of the University of Chicago. The ages of these pupils were not reported.…”

Significant research on the prediction of academic success.

“…After reviewing the available evidence one author (57) concludes: "A few decades hence, our present practice of selecting college entrants on the basis of minimum credits in certain fields of high school credits will seem a curious and inexplicable anomaly." Of all the studies reviewed in this connection only one study (24) provided any evidence inconsistent with this conclusion. In that study a relation was found between the number of language units taken in high school and grades in college.…”