CIIPME 05517
CENTRO INTERDISCIPLINARIO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN PSICOLOGIA MATEMATICA Y EXPERIMENTAL DR. HORACIO J.A RIMOLDI
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Predicting Academic Performance and Dropout in Undergraduate Students
Autor/es:
MARÍA PITA; ÁNGEL CENTENO; ÁNGELA CORENGIA; LAURA LLULL; BELÉN MESURADO; CECILIA PRIMOGERIO; FRANCISCO REDELICO
Lugar:
Copenhagen
Reunión:
Conferencia; 30th Annual EAIR Conference; 2008
Institución organizadora:
The European Higher Education Society
Resumen:
The purpose of this study is to analyse whether educational aptitudes can predict academic performance and attrition. To measure educational aptitudes, the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) was applied to a 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 this scores and dropout rates. To summarise, this study is a first step to predict students academic success from one variable, in order to save resources and prevent frustration.
