Tests of Scholastic Aptitude Cover Reasoning Facets Sufficiently
| Autor: | Johannes Schult, Benedikt Hell, Franziska T. Fischer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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05 social sciences 050301 education 050109 social psychology Variance (accounting) Academic achievement Verbal reasoning Structural equation modeling Test (assessment) Predictive power Mathematics education Achievement test 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Aptitude Psychology 0503 education Social psychology Applied Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 32:215-219 |
| ISSN: | 2151-2426 1015-5759 |
| DOI: | 10.1027/1015-5759/a000247 |
| Popis: | Abstract. This study explores how reasoning facets relate to tests of scholastic aptitude and to academic performance. Intelligence test scores and academic aptitude test scores from freshman students in science (n = 284) and economics (n = 359) as well as subsequent grades from their first year in college were used to analyze structural equation models. The direct influence of reasoning facets on academic performance is fully mediated by academic aptitude test scores. Numeric abilities dominate the aptitude tests’ predictive power. Verbal reasoning explains a significant amount of aptitude test score variance in science but not in economics. The mediation analysis suggests that verbal, numeric, and figural reasoning are covered sufficiently by the aptitude tests. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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