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.

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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 - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)

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