Predicting Medical School Enrollment Behavior

Will increasing medical school enrollment solve Canada's physician supply problems?

Predicting STEM and Non-STEM College Major Enrollment from Middle School Interaction with Mathematics Educational Software

The worldwide increase in demand for qualified workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields has resulted in a greater focus on preparing students to enroll in postsecondary STEM programs. The processes that lead students to become interested in and equip them for STEM careers begin years earlier. Previous research indicates that family background, financial resourc...

Predicting College Enrollment from Student Interaction with an Intelligent Tutoring System in Middle School

Research shows that middle school is an important juncture for a student where he or she starts to be conscious about academic achievement and thinks about college attendance. It is already known that access to financial resources, family background, career aspirations and academic ability are indicative of a student’s choice to attend college; though these variables are interesting, they do no...

Predicting physical activity intention and behavior in school-age children.

Two studies were conducted to predict physical activity in school-aged children. Study 1 tested the utility of an integrated model in predicting physical activity (PA) intention and behavior-the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and self-efficacy theory. Six hundred and forty-five New Zealand children (aged 11-13 years) completed measures corresponding to the integrated model and a self-reported...

Predicting academic achievement in the medical school with high school grades.

OBJECTIVE The present study investigated whether high school grades can predict medical school grades after controlling for the effects of demographics and entrance examination scores. MATERIAL AND METHOD The authors used hierarchical multiple regression analyses to predict medical school grades of 223 medical students in the 1997 entering class of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Th...