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Tests as predictors of academic performance

García Domínguez, Luis Alberto

Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, publicado en Investigación en Educación Médica y cosechado de y cosechado de Revistas UNAM

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García Domínguez, Luis Alberto (2016). Tests as predictors of academic performance. Investigación en Educación Médica; Vol. 5 Núm. 18, 2016: Investigación en Educación Médica; 88-92. Recuperado de https://repositorio.unam.mx/contenidos/4118305

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Autor(es)
García Domínguez, Luis Alberto
Tipo
Artículo de Investigación
Área del conocimiento
Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud
Título
Tests as predictors of academic performance
Fecha
2016-04-01
Resumen
Introduction: Based on the complexity of medical education programs and studies on student dropout, the need to know the predictive validity of the mechanisms involved in the process of selection of the School of Medicine at Anahuac-Mayab University was established as a mechanism for improving the educational process. ; Objective: To identify the degree of prediction of academic performance of students based on the tools used for considering admission into the institution. ; Method: This was a correlational study with quantitative approach carried out using a linear regression procedure. To conduct the study, the variables used were, the results obtained by students in the cohort 2012 and 201 3, in the process of admission to the course, for each of the tools used, and academic performance as the dependent variable, based on the average student grades obtained in the courses in semesters completed until the study. A statistical analysis was performed to obtain the frequencies, percentages, means and minimum and maximum values, later to contrast the values in a linear regression procedure. ; Results: Based on the behaviour of the analysed data for both cohorts, it was observed that the screening test most correlated with academic achievement is the average obtained by students in the preparatory courses, taking an r of 0.603 and 0.629 for cohorts 2012 and 2013, respectively, and an R2 of 0.364 and 0.396 in the same direction. ; Conclusions: Apart from the importance of extending the study to other generations, the need to evaluate the management of the tools used to date was observed, from the value of correlation and prediction, without prejudice to the possibility of improving the implementation of the preparatory course.
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ISSN
ISSN electrónico: 2007-5057; ISSN impreso: 2007-865X

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