A review of the benefits and drawbacks of high-stakes final examinations in higher education

S French, A Dickerson, RA Mulder - Higher Education, 2024 - Springer
High-stakes examinations enjoy widespread use as summative assessments in higher
education. We review the arguments for and against their use, across seven common …

Study strategies of first-year undergraduates with and without dyslexia and the effect of gender

W Tops, T Glatz, A Premchand, M Callens… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
For students to be successful in higher education, they need not only have motivation and
sufficient intellectual ability, but also a wide range of study skills as well as the metacognitive …

How to select candidates for an undergraduate degree in psychology? Combining high-school GPA and admission test score

A Sorgente, G Pietrabissa, A Antonietti… - Asia Pacific Education …, 2024 - Springer
The current study investigated whether the grade point average (GPA) of high school
courses and the score on the test for admission to a bachelor's degree in Psychology …

Development and Validity Evaluation of a National Digital Entrance Examination Test for Higher Education Student Selection

K Talman, J Vierula, T Karihtala… - Higher Education …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Higher education institutions need to develop valid, fair, and objective selection methods.
Current literature reporting the development and validation of new national large‐scale …

Influência da escolaridade dos pais no prestígio do curso universitário escolhido pelos filhos.

J Vautero, A Daniela Silva, C Marques… - Psicologia: Revista …, 2017 - search.ebscohost.com
Este estudo pretendeu estudar a influência da escolaridade dos pais no prestígio do curso
universitário escolhido pelos filhos. Participaram 1555 estudantes universitários, do 1º e 2º …

Conceptualizing the Effect of Psychological Capital on the Academic Performance of the Students of Education

S Khan, U Farooq, T Kouser - Annals of Human and Social …, 2022 - ojs.ahss.org.pk
This study is an attempt to investigate the effect of student's Psychological Capital on the
academic performance. To meet desired objectives, this study selected the sample of 450 …

Admission Test as Predictor of Performance of Students in the English Subject

MM Ocbian, MP Gamba, JD Ricafort - JPAIR Institutional Research, 2015 - philair.ph
Admission testing is an integral part of higher education institutions (HEIs) in maintaining the
quality educational standards. Through testing, the HEI's can objectively select applicants …

[PDF][PDF] PS| CG| GG| A Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia

J Vautero, AD Silva, C Marques… - Revista …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Este estudo pretendeu estudar a influência da escolaridade dos pais no prestígio do curso
universitário escolhido pelos filhos. Participaram 1555 estudantes universitários, do 1º e 29 …