NACADA Journal · 1992 · 36 citations · 8 references
EducationEducational MeasurementEducational PsychologyPsychometricsScale DevelopmentAcademic FunctioningOutcome ExpectanciesOutcome ExpectationsStudent AssessmentStudent Self-assessmentStudent SuccessAcademic ExpectationsSelf-report Data CaptureSelf-report Measurement
Research on an instrument designed to measure matriculating students' expectations or level of confidence regarding their capacity for adjusting to college shows the instrument to be reliable and predictably related to a variety of pre- and postmatriculation self-report data and real-life behaviors. Uses of the instrument in high school as well as college are considered.
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