Association between scores in high schooles, aptitude and achievment exams and early performances in a heath science college
Author
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 20, Issue 3 (30 Jun. 2009), pp.448-453, 6 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
2009-06-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Topics
- Universities
- Students
- Pyelectasis
- Colleges
- Academic achievement
- Health education
- Medicine
- Saudi Arabia
- Offer and acceptance
Abstract EN
This retrospective study was carried out to assess the correlation between admission criteria to health science colleges, namely, final high school grade and Saudi National Aptitude and Achievement exams, and early academic performance in these colleges.
The study included 91 male students studying in the two-year pre-professional program at the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Records of these students were used to extract relevant information and their academic performance (based on the grade point average achieved at the end of the first semester of the pre-professional program), which were analytically studied.
Pearson correlation coefficient was used to assess the associations between the different scores.
SPSS statistical program (version 12.0) was used for data analyses.
We found a strong correlation between the academic performance and the Achievement Exam, Aptitude Exam and high school final grade, with Pearson Correlation Coefficients of 0.96, 0.93, 0.87, respectively.
The Saudi National Achievement Exam showed the most significant correlation.
Our results indicate that academic performance showed good correlation with the admission criteria used, namely final high school grade, Saudi National Aptitude and Achievement Exams.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Ulwan, Ibrahim Ulwan. 2009. Association between scores in high schooles, aptitude and achievment exams and early performances in a heath science college. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 20, no. 3, pp.448-453.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-36824
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Ulwan, Ibrahim Ulwan. Association between scores in high schooles, aptitude and achievment exams and early performances in a heath science college. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 20, no. 3 (Sep. 2009), pp.448-453.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-36824
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Ulwan, Ibrahim Ulwan. Association between scores in high schooles, aptitude and achievment exams and early performances in a heath science college. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2009. Vol. 20, no. 3, pp.448-453.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-36824
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 452-453
Record ID
BIM-36824