The Moderator Effect of Undergraduate Grade Point Average On the Prediction of Success in Graduate Education

Abstract

Three hundred and six Masters of Education students at a large urban university were divided into six subgroups according to sex and to each of three levels of undergraduate grade point average. Correlation coefficients between graduate grade point average and each of three predictor variables, consisting of Graduate Record Examinations—Verbal score, Graduate Record Examination— Quantitative score, and undergraduate grade point average, were calculated for each of the six subgroups. Results showed differential predictability across the different subgroups.EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT 1975, 35, 947-950.

Intensive ESL Course Performance as a Predictor of Academic Success

“…Some have used graduate students (Hwang & Dizney, 1970;Covert & Chansky, 1975), while others used undergraduates (Sugimoto, 1966;Harvey, 1979); some have used standardized test scores (Burgess & Greis, 1970;Sharon, 1972), while others used non-cognitive factors (White & Sedlacek, 1986;Boyer & Sedlacek, 1988); and some have used pre-or postadmission English test or English class scores (Rosberg, 1983;Woodbridge, 1986), while others used prior academic performance--high school or undergraduate (Perry, 1989;Case & Richardson, 1990).…”

Selective Admissions Criteria in Graduate Teacher Education Programs

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