Predictive validity of aptitude and academic achievement measures for the 1989 cohort of nursing students in the University of St. La Salle (1989-1993)

• Main Author: Echaus, Irma Madonna G.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1993
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Nursing students; Ability > Testing; Tests and scales > Validity; St La Salle; University of; Curriculum and Instruction; Curriculum and Social Inquiry; Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1505
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study was undertaken to determine the predictive validity of aptitude and achievement measures for the academic achievement of the 1989 cohort of nursing students in the University of St. La Salle through the period of their four year course from school year 1989 to 1993.The descriptive correlational design was used. The respondents of the study consisted of 366 nursing graduates who had complete set of records from their freshmen to their senior year. The students in the study were predominantly females (79 percent) 61 percent of the sample were from private schools. Data on students' grade point averages and graduating permits were gathered from the Registrar's Office. The students' test results and demographic information were obtained from the Guidance and Evaluation Center. To find out the relationship between academic performance and the independent variables under study, the Pearson Product-Moment correlation formula was used. The combined effects were determined using multiple correlation. Computations were done at the Statistical Assistance for Research headed by Luke Moortgat, Ph.D. Findings showed that there were significant positive relationships between academic performance measured by grade point average (GPA) and the following independent variables: high school average (HSA), National Collegiate Entrance Examination (NCEE), College Scholastic Aptitude Tests (CSAT), the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS), and the Nursing Aptitude Tests (NAT), with obtained correlations ranging from .32 to .64. The CTBS proved to be the best single predictor of academic performance obtaining the highest correlations (r) of .54 to .64.The combined effect of CTBS, HSA and NAT proved to be the best predictor of academic performance with multiple correlations of .59 to .69. The relative contributions of the NCEE and CSAT to the prediction of the criterion although significant (p /From the findings it can be concluded that the aptitude and achievement measures used in the University of St. La Salle for the 1989 cohort of nursing students are valid predictors of academic performance. Tests of basic skills tend to be most predictive of academic performance, implying that knowledge and application of English and Mathematics are important factors in determining success in the College of Nursing.