IN COLLEGE

A Handbook for Administrators and Investigators
Concerned with the Problems of College
Admittance or Guidance of
College Students

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Foreword....

PART I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE PREDICTION OF

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

Chapter I. The problem...

Relation to principle that education should be

extended to all to the limits of their ability..

Articulation of high school and college as a

factor in college admission and guidance----

Two general aspects of the problems involved

in the guidance of entering college students..

Relation of the survival of students in college

to the problem of college entrance...

Methods which have been used in determining

college entrance__

II. Improvement of the prediction of college scholar-

ship through the use of tests and measurements..

Three types of tests which have been used in

the prediction of college scholarship...

General scholastic aptitude test..

Achievement tests in specific subjects..

Aptitude tests in specific subjects____.

Possible improvements in the use and interpre-

tation of test results for college prediction___

Use of test batteries__

Improvement of the interpretation of correla-

tion coefficients through an understanding of

the effect of range of ability..

Use of marks____

Articulation of high school and college--

Relationship between predictive items and col-

lege scholarship as affected by the purposes

in attending college...

Use of tests in distinguishing the differences in

the abilities of an individual__

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