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ERIC Number: EJ415367
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-3364
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Factors Affecting Mathematics Achievement in High Risk College Students.
Goolsby, Charlee B.; And Others
Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v4 n2 p18-27 Spr 1988
Examines attitudinal variables (e.g., math anxiety, attitude toward success), locus of control, high school grade point average (HSGPA), and Scholastic Aptitude Test Quantitative (SATQ) scores as predictors of first-quarter grades in a developmental mathematics course. Reports that HSGPA, SATQ, and self-confidence were significant predictors of success. Notes gender-based differences. (PAA)
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Males, Mathematics Anxiety, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables, Remedial Mathematics, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Note: Available from New York College Learning Skills Association, Developmental Studies Division, Community College of the Finger Lakes, Canandaigua, NY 14424 ($20.00 per volume).