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Admissions criteria as predictors of success in the International Baccalaureate
| Title: | Admissions criteria as predictors of success in the International Baccalaureate. |
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| Name(s): |
Samore, David Charles Moon. Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor MacKenzie, Donald G., Thesis advisor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1992 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 68 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the criteria used for admission into the Preliminary International Baccalaureate (PIB) course of study at two Florida International Baccalaureate (IB) schools, St. Petersburg Senior High School and Pensacola High School, and the success in the IB diploma examination four years later. The study also sought to determine the predictive accuracy of their respective admissions criteria. The predictor variables for St. Petersburg Senior High School were eighth grade grade point average (GPA), the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) Total Battery, subscores of the CTBS (Reading Comprehension, Total Mathematics, Total Language) and IQ. The predictor variables for Pensacola High School were eighth grade GPA and California Achievement Test (CAT) Total Battery. The study involved 148 students. Multiple regression analysis indicated that eighth grade GPA is a significant predictor of success in the international Baccalaureate (p < .01). Results also suggest that the CTBS subscore of Reading Comprehension is a significant predictor of success in the IB (p < .05). CTBS Total Battery, remaining CTBS subscores, CAT Total Battery and IQ were not significant predictors (p > .05). The combination of eighth grade GPA and CTBS Reading Comprehension provided the most significant contribution to the overall predictive model (p < .01). | |
| Identifier: | 12299 (digitool), FADT12299 (IID), fau:9202 (fedora) | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): |
Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1992. College of Education |
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| Subject(s): |
Prediction of scholastic success International baccalaureate |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12299 | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
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| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
