DocumentCode :
3485470
Title :
Predicting Academic Performance in the School of Computing & Information Technology (SCIT)
Author :
Golding, Paul ; McNamarah, Sophia
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Technol., Kingston
fYear :
2005
fDate :
19-22 Oct. 2005
Abstract :
What determines academic performance? Prior research shows that standardized measures such as aptitude (e.g. SAT scores), prior academic performance, effort and motivation explain a significant portion of the variation in class performance. When universities in the United States determine which students to admit, typical criteria include SAT, ACT or other achievement scores and high school GPA. At the University of Technology, Jamaica in the School of Computing & Information Technology, the main admission criteria are appropriate score in an aptitude test and passes in at least five Caribbean Examination Council subjects including Mathematics and English. This study examines the relationship between students´ demographic attributes, qualification on entry, aptitude test scores, performance in first year courses and their overall performance in the program. The study has implications for the School´s admission policy. The results should help us to identify an optimal set of admission indicators, which have the potential of predicting students´ performance
Keywords :
computer science education; educational institutions; SAT scores; School of Computing & Information Technology; academic performance prediction; admission indicators; aptitude test scores; class performance; entry qualification; first year course performance; school admission policy; standardized measures; students demographic attributes; Appropriate technology; Computer science; Councils; Demography; Educational institutions; Information technology; Mathematics; Programming profession; Qualifications; Testing; Information System Education; Predicting Academic Performance;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Indianopolis, IN
ISSN :
0190-5848
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9077-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2005.1612248
Filename :
1612248
Link To Document :
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