CIIPME 05517
CENTRO INTERDISCIPLINARIO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN PSICOLOGIA MATEMATICA Y EXPERIMENTAL DR. HORACIO J.A RIMOLDI
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Predicting Academic Performance and Attrition in Undergraduate Students
Autor/es:
ÁNGELA CORENGIA; MARÍA PITA; BELÉN MESURADO; ÁNGEL CENTENO
Revista:
Revista Liberabit
Editorial:
Universidad de San Martín de Porres
Referencias:
Lugar: Lima; Año: 2013 vol. 19 p. 101 - 112
ISSN:
1729-4827
Resumen:
The purpose of this study is to analyze whether educational aptitudes can predict academic performance and attrition. To measure educational aptitudes, the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) was applied nonrandom sample of 1530 first-year undergraduate students of a private university in Argentina. For the analysis, multiple and logistic regression models were used. The results showed that DAT scores can predict academic performance, but there is a moderate to low relationship between these scores and dropout rates. To summarize, this study is a first step to predict students? academic success, in order to save resources and prevent frustration.
