Predicting different grades in different ways for selective admission
Disentangling the First-Year Grade Point Average
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4096743 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sebastiaan C Steenman, Wieger E Bakker, Wieger Bakker (Utrecht University), Jan W F Van Tartwijk, Jan Van Tartwijk (0000-0001-6804-4163, Utrecht University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1408-1423 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2014.970631 |
| OpenAlex | W2026663913 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 27 |
The first-year grade point average (FYGPA) is the predominant measure of student success in most studies on university admission. Previous cognitive achievements measured with high school grades or standardized tests have been found to be the strongest predictors of FYGPA. For this reason, standardized tests measuring cognitive achievement are widely used as a tool for selective admission to higher education. The FYGPA, however, measures many markedly different aspects of student success. In this article it is shown that when the FYGPA is divided into averages that reflect performance on different types of goals, the predictive value of previous cognitive achievement differs significantly between these disentangled averages. It is therefore important to distinguish between different types of goals when considering what student success is, and which students should be admitted to particular university programmes
Academic achievement · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Entrance exam · Higher education · Mathematics education · Predictive validity · Standardized test · Higher Education Research Studies · Mathematics · Medical Education and Admissions · Psychology · Student Assessment and Feedback
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| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |