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ERIC Number: EJ260775
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Predicting Student Grade Point Average at a Community College from Scholastic Aptitude Tests and from Measures Representing Three Constructs in Vroom's Expectancy Theory Model of Motivation.
Malloch, Douglas C.; Michael, William B.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v41 n4 p1127-35 Win 1981
This study was designed to determine whether an unweighted linear combination of community college students' scores on standardized achievement tests and a measure of motivational constructs derived from Vroom's expectance theory model of motivation was predictive of academic success (grade point average earned during one quarter of an academic year). (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Motivation, Predictive Validity, Scores, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: American College Testing Program; Expectancy Theory; Scholastic Aptitude Test