THE INFLUENCE OF BACCALAUREATE AVERAGE SCORE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATES
THE INFLUENCE OF BACCALAUREATE AVERAGE SCORE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATES

Summary/Abstract: The present study researched: 1.The correlation among the baccalaureate average grade for admission to the university and average grades earned each semester 2. The correlation among grades for each semester of the three year program. The data used in this study includes scores and grades for the 125 students who had taken their entrance exam in the 2012/2013 academic year. Data was analyzed using the Bravais-Pearson correlation coefficient and the Cohen criteria for analyzing effect size. The results indicate that there is a significant positive correlation between the entrance scores and the grades for the first five semesters. The data indicate that the correlation between the exam average and GPA average is not significant for the last semester. The effect size scores indicate that this significance is medium for the first two semesters (.48 and .43); the effect size is low for the next three semesters (.37, .22, .20). The results also indicate there are significant positive correlations between the GPA of each of the semesters. These results indicate that each semester’s GPA average has a high effect size score for the subsequent semesters. The effect size scores are lower for each subsequent semester but remain in the high effect size levels, ranging from .82 to .72. The conclusion drawn from this data is that in order to develop more consistent decision-making predictions the university should use both baccalaureate averages and GPA both in the transition from high school to university and between semesters and years within the university program.

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