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ERIC Number: EJ318996
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Freshman Chemistry as a Predictor of Future Academic Success.
Rixse, James S.; Pickering, Miles
Journal of Chemical Education, v62 n4 p313-15 Apr 1985
Investigated predictors of success in organic chemistry and how well freshmen chemistry predicts grades in other science courses (biology and physics) and success in entering medical school. Subjects were 254 freshman enrolling in freshman chemistry at Columbia College (the all-male undergraduate division of Columbia University) in 1978. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, College Science, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Males, Organic Chemistry, Predictor Variables, Science Education, Success
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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