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Risk Factors of Course Retaking Academic Probation and Graduation Delay in Graduate Students of Kashan University of Medical Sciences Medical School during 19862003 [PDF]

Strides in Development of Medical Education, 2011
Background & Objective : Failure to pass academic courses and graduation delay are among important issues in educational systems In regard to the importance of recognizing causes of academic failure this study was designed to find risk factors of course ...
Esmail Fakharian, Zahra Tagharrobi, Fakhrosadat Mirhoseini, Seyed Asghar Rasouli Nejad, Hosein Akbari, Hosein Ameli   +5 more
doaj  

Effective Predictions of Gaokao Admission Scores for College Applications in Mainland China [PDF]

arXiv, 2018
Gaokao is the annual academic qualification examination for college admissions in mainland China. Organized by each provincial-level administrative region (PAR), Gaokao takes place at the same time nationwide in early June. To enroll in a university in September, students must take Gaokao and submit common applications for admission to their home PAR ...
arxiv  

Telling the Truth May Not Pay Off: An Empirical Study of Centralised University Admissions in Germany [PDF]

We investigate the matching algorithm used by the German central clearinghouse for university admissions (ZVS) in medicine and related subjects. This mechanism consists of three procedures based on final grades from school (“Abiturbestenverfahren ...
Dorothea Kübler, Nadja Dwenger, Sebastian Braun   +2 more
core  

Exploring teacher perceptions and the measured impacts of a progressive curriculum reform for learners from disadvantaged backgrounds

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The Foundation Phase is a pioneering early years education reform that was introduced across Wales in 2008. Based on a progressive, child‐centred design, this reform aimed to improve educational outcomes in Wales and reduce achievement gaps for young learners. This paper reports a number of findings from a mixed‐methods study that assessed the
Nikki Jones
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Grade Point Averages and Medical College Admission Test Scores: A Thematic Analysis of Exceptional Performing Medical Student Applications

MedEdPublish, 2021
Introduction: Medical school admissions committees are tasked with selecting the best students for their institution and historically rely on grade point averages and Medical College Admission Test scores as measures for academic success.
Matthew Pflipsen, Dario Torre, Steven Durning   +2 more
doaj  

Supporting AI-Augmented Meta-Decision Making with InDecision [PDF]

arXiv
From school admissions to hiring and investment decisions, the first step behind many high-stakes decision-making processes is "deciding how to decide." Formulating effective criteria to guide decision-making requires an iterative process of exploration, reflection, and discovery. Yet, this process remains under-supported in practice.
arxiv  

ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFICATION OF NEW STUDENT ACCEPTANCE SYSTEM WITH EQUAL WIDTH INTERVAL DISCRETIZATION TECHNIQUE IN K-MEANS CLUSTERING METHOD (CASE STUDY: SMA NEGERI 9 MEDAN) [PDF]

The admission of new students is the first gate that students and schools must pass through in screening educational objects. It is an important event for a school because it is the starting point that determines the smooth running of a school's work ...
Rahmad, Sofyan, Situmorang, Zakarias, Zarlis, Muhammad   +2 more
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Engineering Admissions Criteria: Focusing on Ultimate Professional Success [PDF]

, 2008
The majority of Australian Universities use performance in the higher school examinations as the primary basis of admission into undergraduate programs for current school leavers.
Johnston, AJ, Lowe, DB
core  

Ability grouping in primary physical education in England: Moving beyond binary discourses and practices

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study recognised that there is currently limited understanding of the extent and nature of ability grouping practices in subject areas other than mathematics and English in primary schools. Using survey methods, this research sought to generate data of sufficient scale to extend understanding of the use of ability grouping practices in ...
Shaun D. Wilkinson, Dawn Penney
wiley   +1 more source

Geometry and Dynamics of Admissible Metrics in Measure Spaces [PDF]

CEMJ-2013, 2012
We study a wide class of metrics in a Lebesgue space with a standard measure, the class of so-called admissible metrics. We consider the cone of admissible metrics, introduce a special norm in it, prove compactness criteria, define the "-entropy of a measure space with an admissible metric, etc.
arxiv