DO UNIVERSITY entrances exam predict academic achievement (original) (raw)
Lithuanian Journal of Statistics, 2021
Academic institutions are seeking to attract the most capable and prospective students. Many research studies seek to identify factors determining a successful transition from secondary to tertiary education. One of the important issues is the predictive value of national testing/Matura examination results in relation to higher education institutions admission. The aim of our study is to quantify the odds to study at university and the results of centralised student assessments (the 10th grade and Matura) of mathematics and the Lithuanian language and literature for the period of five years (Matura examinations for the period 2014–2018), taking into account the student's gender, the location of the school attended, social support, and special needs indicators. We estimate that the Matura grade in mathematics is almost double more important when compared to the10th grade test results for odds of studying at higher education institutions. Grades of the Lithuanian language and lite...
2019
This preliminary study was conducted to determine a possible correlation between the entrance exam results of students under the College of Computing and Information Technologies (CCIT) – National University, Manila, Philippines, and their accumulated GWA and the number of units earned. A total of 213 student entrance exam results from 2012 to 2015 were used as data. The entrance exam results were divided into two sections as there was the old and new instrument used. The old instrument consisted of three areas namely, General Information, Mental Alertness, and Comprehension, whereas, the new instrument which was implemented in 2015 includes four areas namely, English, Math, Science, and Aptitude. Simple linear regression and Pearson Correlation using Stata were used to predict whether the academic performance of the students can be predicted through the entrance exam results and whether an association exists between the two variables. The test revealed that both instruments could s...
Associations between the performance in the entrance exam and academic performance at UFMG
2019
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) implemented some recent changes in the entrance exam that may impact the selection process, in particular associations between performances in the entrance exams and posterior academic performance in the university. Differences between population groups in the entrance exams were much greater than for GPAs. Besides, differences in earlier semesters were larger than in later ones. Both results clearly indicate that minorities catchup while in the university. For the UFMG´s own first stage, Portuguese, mathematics and science exams had a larger predictive power, while the humanities and foreign language exams played smaller roles in predicting GPA outcomes. When the ENEM was used as a first stage of the selection process, all four exams (language, mathematics, humanities and science) showed positive and significant results. The second stage of UFMG´s exam had a greater predictive power when ENEM was used as the first stage of the selection process.
Entry Grades and the Academic Performance of University Students: A Review of Literature
Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
The Education Quarterly Reviews is an Open Access publication. It may be read, copied, and distributed free of charge according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The Asian Institute of Research Education Quarterly Reviews is a peer-reviewed International Journal. The journal covers scholarly articles in the fields of education, linguistics, literature, educational theory, research, and methodologies, curriculum, elementary and secondary education, higher education, foreign language education, teaching and learning, teacher education, education of special groups, and other fields of study related to education. As the journal is Open Access, it ensures high visibility and the increase of citations for all research articles published. The Education Quarterly Reviews aims to facilitate scholarly work on recent theoretical and practical aspects of education.
The Relationships of Students Admission Process and Academic Achievement
Jurnal Pendidikan Kedokteran Indonesia: The Indonesian Journal of Medical Education, 2020
Background: The selection process in medical schools should be able to identify individuals that mostprobably will successfully complete their education. In Faculty of Medicine Hasanuddin University (FMHU)the selection processes are Seleksi Nasional Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri), SBMPTN (Seleksi BersamaMasuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri), JNS (Jalur Non Subsidi) and International students. Looking at the variousselection methods in FMHU, this study aimed to see how each selection method related with students’academic achievement.Methods: This study compared academic achievement in two semesters at three academic admission students(2014, 2015 and 2016), for four admission processes. The data consist of 308 students from batch of 2014, 308students from batch of 2015, and 320 students from batch of 2016. The analysis was conducted in descriptiveanalysis, One Way ANOVA, and followed by Post-hoc Bonferroni Test.Results: There was significant difference of students GPA for each type of admiss...
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
This study aims at investigating the effects of and the predictive capability of admission criteria on students' academic performances in higher institutions. For this, data on results and student's demographic characteristics were collected from the department of Economics, FCE Zaria, Nigeria. In order to capture plausible relationships and deterministic effects between the variables used, the study employed the use of a binary dependent model (logit model). The results from the model estimated showed consistency in the adequacy of the current admission criteria. It also espoused the need for emphasis on UME results rather than WASSCE or NECO results which should be interpreted with caution. Demographic characteristics of students showed better performances from students below 22 years old, feminine and are from the southern region of the country. Thus it was recommended that, the current admission criteria should be maintained as it adequately predicts students' academic performances in higher institutions, but caution should be used when interpreting WASSCE and NECO results of students.
Predicting students' academic performance in Aviation College from their admission test results
Academic performance of 134 students from Tartu Aviation College (Tartu, Estonia) was monitored during their first four study semesters. Moderate statistically significant correlations were found between several performance criteria and admission test results. Statistically significant sex differences in several variables measured had higher values in female students. Two regression models were developed. In the first model sex, ability scores and secondary school grades predicted 39,6 % of variance in mean college grades; in another model sex, abilities and Conscientiousness predicted 24 % of variance in academic performance.
Relevance of Admission System on Students' Grade Point Average: A Case Study
Proceedings of the First Indonesian Communication Forum of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Leaders International Conference on Education 2017 (ICE 2017), 2018
The admission system through Public Universities in Indonesia has been carried out in three phases namely: National Selection of Public Universities (SNMPTN) carried by each Public University based on the prospective student academic achievement while they are in High School; Joint Selection of State University (SBMPTN) undertaken by Public Universities together with a selection set based on the results of the written examination or a combination of the results of the written exam and skills test prospective students; and Admissions Independently conducted by the State Universities (SMMPTN) that the selection is set and determined by each Public University. Acceptance through each phase is 50%, 30%, and 20% in each study program received through every pathway respectively. As a Public University, Tadulako University obliged to follow those three phases. After accepted through one lane selection, all students who pass through three pathways will be mixed together regardless of admission track. After they finished one semester in their study, it is necessary to see whether there is any relevance between the lines passing on the student 's GPA? A study conducted on chemistry education students shows there is no relevance between admission system on students' GPA in average which is 2.8118, 2.9349, 2.8858 for SNMPTN, SBMPTN, and SMMPTN respectively, however the highest GPA obtained by students who admitted on SNMPTN which is 3.93, and 3.89 for student who admitted through SBMPTN, and 3.70 for students admitted through SMMPTN. The study showed that there was no relevance between admission system on students' GPA in the chemistry education study program.