Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2003. / Supervisors: Barbara G. Dodd and Gary D. Borich. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Prediction systems for College Entrance Examination (CEE) are popular during the graduating season, July every year in Taiwan. These systems give students suggestion according to their examination scores. There are several CEE prediction systems in Taiwan, but most of them are not constructed with rigorous theories. In 2005, Zen et al. constructed a prediction model using statistical method, which was later verified and improved by Lin in 2008. In this thesis, we will introduce the recording mechanism of the College Entrance Examination, and explain how to construct a prediction system under this mechanism. Also, we will compare the previous system with ours. We apply an empirical method and SVR as our first two approaches, and then we propose a new method. In our experiments, we consider the scores published by CEE center from 2004 to 2008. We use the root mean square error (RMSE) value to evaluate the performance of our present method. We also use the value generated by our method to show some information of the schools and the departments.

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The purpose of the study is to examine the differences in resilience scores of university entrance examination (UEE) applicants in terms of entrance time, graduation area, and school type variables, and to investigate the role of learned resourcefulness, perceived social support, and gender in predicting resilience scores of UEE applicants in the 2007-2008 academic year. The sample of the study consisted of 865 (505 females and 360 males) volunteered UEE applicants enrolled in twelve different private courses located in Ankara and three different private courses located in Bursa. Achievement-Related Negative Life Events Subscale of Life Events Inventory for University Students (Gen&ccedil / &ouml / z &amp / Din&ccedil / , 2006 / Oral, 1999) was employed as a screening measure. Furthermore, a demographic data form developed by the researcher, Rosenbaum&rsquo / s Self-Control Schedule (Rosenbaum, 1980a / Siva, 1991), The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Eker &amp / Arkar, 1995 / Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, &amp / Farley, 1988), and Harter&rsquo / s Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents (Harter, 1988 / Sahin &amp / Berkem-G&uuml / ven&ccedil / , 1996) were used to collect data. One-way analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis were conducted to analyze the data. The results of one-way analysis of variance indicated that the groups of entrance time to university entrance examination (entering the exam for the first time, second time, or third time), graduation area (equally weighted, quantitative, or social sciences), and school type (General High School, Anatolian High School, Private High School, or Vocational High School) were not significantly different with respect to their resilience scores. On the other hand, the results of multiple regression analysis revealed that all the predictor variables (learned resourcefulness, perceived social support, and gender) were significant predictors which explained 19 % of the total variance in resilience scores. The study found that participants who reported high levels of learned resourcefulness, and perceived social support had higher resilience scores. In addition, being male was found to be associated with higher resilience scores.

It is the standard practice in colleges and universities to administer to all entering students a battery of tests which are designed to measure the aptitude and ability of students. Each institution uses in its test battery those tests which are best suited to its particular needs, but in the main they consist of measures of general mental ability, the ability to understand and use the English language and the ability to understand and to use mathematical symbols. These tests are available to the institution through companies which construct and standardize tests of all kinds. In addition to these tests, others may be constructed by the departments of an institution and validated for use in that department or school. The test battery or the Utah State Agricultural College consists or a combination of these two types. The English examination is the Educational Testing Service Cooperative English test Battery, the Mathematics test is a department constructed test, originally designed and constructed by Dr. Arden N. Frandsen.

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the role of student self-efficacy, academic self-efficacy, state and dispositional hope, and state and trait anxiety in predicting university entrance examination (UEE) scores of students. The participants of the study consisted of 786 (442 males, 344 females) volunteered students who were in the course of preparation preparing for the university entrance examination at &Ccedil / ati, Final, Karacan, Odak, Sinav, and Zafer Private Courses in Ankara. The data were gathered by administering six instruments, namely College Academic Self-efficacy Scale (CASES), College Student Self-efficacy Scale (CSSES), State Hope Scale (SHS), Dispositional Hope Scale (DHS), State Anxiety Inventory (SAI), and Trait Anxiety Inventory (TAI). The results of three separate regression analyses revealed different models for the quantitative, equally weighted, and language samples. For the quantitative sample, Anatolian High School-type, Super Lycee school-type, Learning Self-efficacy subscale scores of CSSES, Private High School, Academic Self-efficacy subscale scores of CASES, State Anxiety Inventory scores, Career Planning subscale scores of CSSES, Characteristics of a Good Citizen subscale scores of CASES, Agentic Thinking subscale scores of SHS, and Income level of the family predicted the university entrance examination scores. For the equally weighted sample, the predictor variables entered into the regression equation were Anatolian High School-type, Super Lycee school-type, Academic Self-efficacy subscale scores of CASES, Academic Helping Efficacy subscale scores of CASES, Quantitative Self-efficacy subscale scores of CASES, Pathways subscale scores of DHS, and Agency subscale scores of SHS. For the language sample, Communication Efficacy subscale scores of CSSES, Super Lycee, Anatolian High School, Private High School, Agentic Thinking subscale scores of SHS, Career Planning Self-efficacy subscale scores of CSSES, and Social Self-efficacy subscale scores of CASES were found as the predictor variables entered into the regression equation.

In 2006 the College Board celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Advanced Placement (AP) program. The AP program, which began as a means of transitioning selected high school students to colleges, had expanded to include thousands of students sitting for thousands of exams. During the first fifty years as the program expanded, the College Board expanded the number of course offerings. With this expansion came the question as to the effectiveness of AP. As criticism of the College Board continued to grow, by 2006 the College Board began reform by auditing its own courses, seeking funding for states to expand experimental programs, and encouraging universities to no longer accept a score of 3 on an exam. The College Board sought overall clarity regarding the focus of the AP program once considered an elite standard in America high schools. While there is cause to wonder, there is also encouragement. / Department of Educational Leadership

Thesis (M.Ed.) -- Memorial University of Newfoundland. 1974. / Typescript. Bibliography : leaves 79-83. Also available online.

240 f. / Submitted by Suelen Reis (suziy.ellen@gmail.com) on 2013-04-29T13:00:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Claudio Avena.pdf: 1712613 bytes, checksum: 47e75b9a415e4f17644a8644d148405e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Auxiliadora Lopes(silopes@ufba.br) on 2013-06-10T20:42:42Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Claudio Avena.pdf: 1712613 bytes, checksum: 47e75b9a415e4f17644a8644d148405e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-06-10T20:42:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Claudio Avena.pdf: 1712613 bytes, checksum: 47e75b9a415e4f17644a8644d148405e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / O acesso democrático ao ensino superior público deve ser uma meta almejada pela sociedade brasileira por uma questão de justiça social. Movido por isto, neste estudo objetiva-se verificar se o vestibular da Universidade Federal da Bahia é um mecanismo de seleção que acaba por perpetuar a condição sócio-econômica do candidato ao vestibular. Em outras palavras, faz-se a hipótese de que o candidato de posição socioeconômica menos (mais) elevada, seja porque dispõe de menos (mais) tempo para estudar, a renda familiar é mais (menos) baixa e/ou a educação dos pais é menor (maior), além de outras variáveis de controle, realiza uma auto-seleção, excluindo-se dos cursos de maior (menor) prestígio. Metodologicamente o trabalho se baseia em modelos matemáticos e econométricos inéditos distribuídos em duas etapas: na primeira, estimam-se as demandas agregadas pelos cursos da Universidade e, na segunda, se desenvolvem dois modelos: um teórico sobre o comportamento do vestibulando em termos da escolha do curso, sendo esta escolha influenciada pela sua demanda, e um empírico de função de produção educacional derivado do modelo teórico. A demanda pelos cursos, portanto, é o elo de ligação entre as duas etapas. Este trabalho é uma contribuição original para a literatura brasileira do vestibular pelas seguintes razões: 1) inova-se ao abordar a temática da seletividade social do vestibular por meio de modelos microeconômicos expressos matematicamente que estabelecem o arcabouço para a análise estatística realizada; 2) inova-se também ao integrar o mercado de trabalho com o acesso ao ensino superior por meio dos dados da Pesquisa de Emprego e Desemprego da Região Metropolitana de Salvador (PED-RMS), o que proporciona uma análise rica e sistemática sobre o tema da seletividade social do vestibular; 3) utilizam-se o escore do curso como sendo o escore esperado pelo candidato, além de o tempo de estudo como um recurso econômico que discrimina a escolha do curso superior; 4) o uso da Econometria reforça os resultados encontrados na medida em que é uma técnica que permite o controle simultâneo de múltiplas variáveis que afetam o desempenho acadêmico. As conclusões corroboram a hipótese de que se perpetua a condição social do candidato e reproduz-se a estrutura econômico-social. Com efeito, evidenciam-se as desvantagens do candidato mais pobre por meio dos seguintes aspectos. Observa-se que a renda e a sua variação afetam, de forma diferenciada, o desempenho acadêmico, favorecendo a quem é mais rico e prejudicando a quem é mais pobre. Ademais, para igual redução nas horas de estudo (ou aumento de horas trabalhadas), a redução no desempenho no vestibular é maior quanto menor o nível socioeconômico. Os cálculos de elasticidades também evidenciam as grandes vantagens comparativas dos mais aquinhoados financeiramente. Os cálculos de produtividade do tempo de estudo mostram que para cada hora adicional de estudo, o candidato de maior nível de renda familiar obtém um incremento cerca de duas vezes maior no escore do que o candidato de menor renda. Como conseqüência, os custos educacionais dos mais ricos são menores do que os dos mais pobres. Isto revela a importância de que se adotem políticas públicas que promovam o aumento do estoque de capital dos mais carentes e, como resultado, se obtenha uma maior equalização nesses custos de modo a se promover uma maior equidade no acesso ao ensino superior. / Salvador