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Motivational and Skills, Social, and Self-Management Predictors of College Outcomes: Constructing the Student Readiness InventoryHuman Resources Research Organization
University of Iowa
ACT, Inc., steve.robbins{at}act.org
ACT, Inc. The authors used a rational-empirical approach to construct the Student Readiness Inventory, measuring psychosocial and academic-related skill factors found to predict two important college outcomes, academic performance and retention, in a recent meta-analysis. The initial item pool was administered to 5,970 first-year college students and high school seniors to empirically validate and cross-validate the underlying factor structure. Ten first-order and 3 second-order factors were derived, partially resembling the original conceptual model. Future study is needed to explore the criterion and predictive validities of the factors constituting this inventory.
Key Words: academic performance college outcomes academic-related skills noncognitive predictors psychosocial factors retention
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 65, No. 3,
482-508 (2005) |
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