Development & Testing of the Cluster-Analytic Model To Identify Coursework Patterns Associated with General Learned Abilities of College Students [microform] : Clayton State College Report on Combined Samples / James L. Ratcliff and Others
- Bib ID:
- 5533812
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Ratcliff, James L
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED334928
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1991
- 208 p.
- Summary:
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This report describes the "Differential Coursework Patterns (DCP) Project," which developed the Cluster Analytic Model (CAM) to look at effects of different patterns of college coursework on the general learned abilities of students as determined by such measures as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test. The model looks for correlations between courses taken and student achievement on the nine item types of the GRE, after the predicted effect of initial Scholastic Aptitude Test scores is removed. This study looked at courses taken by two samples of students at Clayton State College (Georgia) and Georgia State University. The model's value is discussed in terms of its usefulness in assessment, curriculum development, and student advising. Among general conclusions were the following: approximately 90% of courses could be accurately grouped according to differential effects on the general learned abilities of students; the development of general learned abilities did not have an exact one-to-one relationship with departmental categories; the development of general learned abilities was not confined to the lower division; and there was little formal monitoring and description of the curriculum in terms of general learned abilities at the college-wide or university levels. Includes a bibliography of approximately 175 items. (DB)
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- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: OERI-R-86-0016.
- ERIC Note: For a related document, see HE 024 763.
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- Subject:
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- Abstract Reasoning
- Academic Achievement
- Cluster Analysis
- Cognitive Development
- College Curriculum
- College Entrance Examinations
- Course Content
- General Education
- Higher Education
- Intellectual Development
- Models
- Research Methodology
- Student Development
- Clayton State College GA Georgia State University Graduate Record Examinations
- Other authors/contributors:
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Center for the Study of Higher Education
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- ERIC
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- Publication date:
- 1991
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