Glennelle Halpin
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1478664 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Glennelle Halpin |
| PRENOMES | Glennelle |
| SOBRENOME | Halpin |
| ASSINATURA | HALPIN G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Auburn University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1973 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2002 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Development and Validation of the Factors Influencing Pursuit of Higher Education Questionnaire
This article addresses the development and validation of the Factors Influencing Pursuit of Higher Education (FIPHE) Questionnaire, a 92-item self-report measure that investigates factors that influence individuals to pursue higher education. Reliability estimates for the nine FIPHE scale scores ranged from .66 to .90. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted on data from a sample ( N = 509) of college students enrolled in two south-eastern u…
A Promising Prospect for Minority Retention
The study examined academic and interpersonal growth of peer mentors (N = 19) by analyzing comments in journals written during mentors' first quarter of tutoring and mentoring within a minority engineering program at a large land-grant university in Southeast. Although intent of program was to improve retention rates for participants, mentors experienced both academic and interpersonal growth. In addition, preliminary data regarding grades and re…
The Adult Career Concerns Inventory
The validity and reliability of the Adult Career Concerns Inventory were explored based on data provided by 104 graduate nursing students
An Analysis of the Reliability and Validity of Procedures for Setting Minimum Competency Standards
Pass/fail decisions for all two-method combinations of 10 standard-setting procedures were analyzed. The most reliable or equivalent methods were the practitioners—borderline group, Ebel—contrasting groups, and 33rd percentile—Angoff approaches. The least reliable or equivalent were the chance/ideal mean—masters group and Nedelsky—masters group approaches. The most valid of the 10 methods, as evidenced by correlations with an external criterion, …
Factors Related to Adolescents' Level of Aspiration
Effects of success, failure, and a monetary payoff on the level of aspiration of American Indian and white adolescents were studied. Race, sex, grade, self-esteem, and locus of control were considered as potential mediating variables. A significant decrease in level of aspiration followed failure; the effect was more pronounced at the junior high level. Success led to a higher level of aspiration for adolescents with low self-esteem as did a mone…
Minimum Competency Standards Set by Three Divergent Groups of Raters Using Three Judgmental Procedures
The Ebel, Nedelsky, and Angoff approaches to standard setting were utilized to determine cut-off scores on the Missouri College English Test for admission to teacher education at a large university by three groups that, themselves, were at different levels with regard to the competencies being measured. Even though significantly different cut-off scores resulted with the use of the different methods, more nearly comparable standards were achieved…
Relative Effectiveness of the California Achievement Tests in Comparison With the Act Assessment, College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test, and High School Grade Point Average in Predicting College Grad…
Studied was the relative effectiveness of the. California Achievement Tests (CAT), the ACT Assessment (Academic Tests) of the American College Testing Program (ACT), the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and high school grade point average (GPA) in predicting college freshman GPA. The incremental and differential incremental effectiveness of the CAT, ACT, and SAT in addition to high school GPA were also studied. Although high school G…
Locus of Control and Self-Esteem among American Indians and Whites
Compared in this study were the locus of control and self-esteem of American Indians ( n = 97) and whites ( n = 128). Contrary to previous research and theory, the two groups did not differ in locus of control as measured by the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire. However, they did differ in self-esteem as measured by the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory. The whites reported a significantly more positive view of the self than …
Day School or Residential School
The creative thinking abilities of 81 functionally blind 6-through 12-yr.-old boys and girls attending public day schools or residential schools for the blind were studied. Both types of schools seem to be equally good with regard to the development of the creativity of blind children for the boys and girls in this study who attended day schools or residential schools did not differ significantly in verbal fluency, flexibility, or originality. Th…
Incremental Validity of the Act Test Battery for Predicting Success in a School of Nursing Over a 10-Year Period
The incremental effectiveness of the American College Testing Program Examination (ACT) was studied along with the effectiveness of the ACT alone and of high school grade-point average alone in predicting differential success in a three-year nurses' training program for 199 students over a 10-year period. Both high school grade-point average and ACT scores alone and combined were significantly related to first-, second-, and third-year grade-poin…
Relationships Between Creative Thinking Abilities and a Measure of the Creative Personality
Persons with creative abilities might be expected to have creative personality characteristics. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the relationships between a creative personality measure, What Kind of Person Are You? Test, and three verbal and four figural creative ability measures derived from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. The subjects were 65 males and 164 female undergraduates enrolled in the introductory course in educatio…
Biographical Factors Related to Academic Achievement
Biographical factors related to academic achievement in college were identified. Academic achievement in high school was positively related to both grade in educational psychology class and college grade-point average for females and to college grade-point average for males. For women, popularity with the opposite sex was negatively related to college grade-point average. For men, parental warmth was negatively related to college grade-point aver…
Effects of blindness on creative thinking abilities of children
A Promising Prospect for Minority Retention
The study examined academic and interpersonal growth of peer mentors (N = 19) by analyzing comments in journals written during mentors' first quarter of tutoring and mentoring within a minority engineering program at a large land-grant university in Southeast. Although intent of program was to improve retention rates for participants, mentors experienced both academic and interpersonal growth. In addition, preliminary data regarding grades and re…
Biographical Factors Related to Academic Achievement
Biographical factors related to academic achievement in college were identified. Academic achievement in high school was positively related to both grade in educational psychology class and college grade-point average for females and to college grade-point average for males. For women, popularity with the opposite sex was negatively related to college grade-point average. For men, parental warmth was negatively related to college grade-point aver…
Effects of blindness on creative thinking abilities of children
Relationships Between Creative Thinking Abilities and a Measure of the Creative Personality
Persons with creative abilities might be expected to have creative personality characteristics. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the relationships between a creative personality measure, What Kind of Person Are You? Test, and three verbal and four figural creative ability measures derived from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. The subjects were 65 males and 164 female undergraduates enrolled in the introductory course in educatio…
Incremental Validity of the Act Test Battery for Predicting Success in a School of Nursing Over a 10-Year Period
The incremental effectiveness of the American College Testing Program Examination (ACT) was studied along with the effectiveness of the ACT alone and of high school grade-point average alone in predicting differential success in a three-year nurses' training program for 199 students over a 10-year period. Both high school grade-point average and ACT scores alone and combined were significantly related to first-, second-, and third-year grade-poin…
Day School or Residential School
The creative thinking abilities of 81 functionally blind 6-through 12-yr.-old boys and girls attending public day schools or residential schools for the blind were studied. Both types of schools seem to be equally good with regard to the development of the creativity of blind children for the boys and girls in this study who attended day schools or residential schools did not differ significantly in verbal fluency, flexibility, or originality. Th…
Relative Effectiveness of the California Achievement Tests in Comparison With the Act Assessment, College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test, and High School Grade Point Average in Predicting College Grad…
Studied was the relative effectiveness of the. California Achievement Tests (CAT), the ACT Assessment (Academic Tests) of the American College Testing Program (ACT), the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and high school grade point average (GPA) in predicting college freshman GPA. The incremental and differential incremental effectiveness of the CAT, ACT, and SAT in addition to high school GPA were also studied. Although high school G…
Locus of Control and Self-Esteem among American Indians and Whites
Compared in this study were the locus of control and self-esteem of American Indians ( n = 97) and whites ( n = 128). Contrary to previous research and theory, the two groups did not differ in locus of control as measured by the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire. However, they did differ in self-esteem as measured by the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory. The whites reported a significantly more positive view of the self than …
Minimum Competency Standards Set by Three Divergent Groups of Raters Using Three Judgmental Procedures
The Ebel, Nedelsky, and Angoff approaches to standard setting were utilized to determine cut-off scores on the Missouri College English Test for admission to teacher education at a large university by three groups that, themselves, were at different levels with regard to the competencies being measured. Even though significantly different cut-off scores resulted with the use of the different methods, more nearly comparable standards were achieved…
Factors Related to Adolescents' Level of Aspiration
Effects of success, failure, and a monetary payoff on the level of aspiration of American Indian and white adolescents were studied. Race, sex, grade, self-esteem, and locus of control were considered as potential mediating variables. A significant decrease in level of aspiration followed failure; the effect was more pronounced at the junior high level. Success led to a higher level of aspiration for adolescents with low self-esteem as did a mone…
An Analysis of the Reliability and Validity of Procedures for Setting Minimum Competency Standards
Pass/fail decisions for all two-method combinations of 10 standard-setting procedures were analyzed. The most reliable or equivalent methods were the practitioners—borderline group, Ebel—contrasting groups, and 33rd percentile—Angoff approaches. The least reliable or equivalent were the chance/ideal mean—masters group and Nedelsky—masters group approaches. The most valid of the 10 methods, as evidenced by correlations with an external criterion, …
The Adult Career Concerns Inventory
The validity and reliability of the Adult Career Concerns Inventory were explored based on data provided by 104 graduate nursing students
A Promising Prospect for Minority Retention
The study examined academic and interpersonal growth of peer mentors (N = 19) by analyzing comments in journals written during mentors' first quarter of tutoring and mentoring within a minority engineering program at a large land-grant university in Southeast. Although intent of program was to improve retention rates for participants, mentors experienced both academic and interpersonal growth. In addition, preliminary data regarding grades and re…
Development and Validation of the Factors Influencing Pursuit of Higher Education Questionnaire
This article addresses the development and validation of the Factors Influencing Pursuit of Higher Education (FIPHE) Questionnaire, a 92-item self-report measure that investigates factors that influence individuals to pursue higher education. Reliability estimates for the nine FIPHE scale scores ranged from .66 to .90. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted on data from a sample ( N = 509) of college students enrolled in two south-eastern u…
Psychology (13 obras) · Developmental psychology (8 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Clinical Psychology (5 obras) · Mathematics (5 obras) · Mathematics education (4 obras) · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (4 obras) · Test (biology) (4 obras) · Career Development and Diversity (3 obras)