The combined use of cannabis and tobacco is frequent in Europe. Few studies have nonetheless explored this pattern of consumption and its relationship with academic achievement in Spanish population. The aim of the present study was to analyze (1) the frequency of four patterns of polydrug use the last year (non-dual users of cannabis and tobacco; concurrent users: cannabis and tobacco separate...

The performance of Construction Management (CM) students in their undergraduate studies is believed to be dependent on their mathematics and physics performance. The overall performance of students is measured by their overall Grade Point Average (GPA) for this study. Similarly, the performance of students in mathematics and physics are measured by the respective GPAs in these subjects. This st...

The present study examined the effectiveness of a Growth Mindset intervention based on Dweck et al.'s (1995) theory in the Hungarian educational context. A cluster randomized controlled trial classroom experiment was carried out within the framework of a train-the-trainer intervention among 55 Hungarian 10th grade students with high Grade Point Average (GPA). The results suggest that students' ...

This study was conducted to provide current information on the relationship between admission criteria and dental school performance, including the association of admission criteria and dental school outcomes such as remediation and attrition. Standard tests of bivariate association and multivariate regression models appropriate for continuous and discrete dependent variables were used to exami...

The grade point average (GPA) is the value obtained by students cumulatively from beginning to end of semester. To get a high GPA, must study hard. Learning period not guarantee getting GPA. problem that now happening how use learning time effectively so their results are maximized. This research aimed know relationship between and type used quantitative correlational subjects in this were 33 a...

Pre-existing factors are quantitatively evaluated as to their impact on engineering student success. This study uses a database of all engineering students at nine institutions from 1987 through 2002 (a total of 87,167 engineering students) and focuses on graduation in any of the engineering disciplines. We report graduation rate as a function of years since matriculation, and determine the typ...

Introduction. Student dropout in Medical colleges is a significant problem unless is controlled. It will result in shortages exacerbation of qualified physicians that may occur in future years. Methods. A retrospective study was done for evaluation of student dropout risk factors. The students, according to the average grade of university, were classified into two groups (Successful – unsucces...

The computation of Graduate Point Average (GPA) incorrectly assumes that grades are comparable across courses and instructors. GPA overstates the performance of students who elect an “easier” course of study relative to those who choose a more “difficult” course of study. This paper proposes a method of adjusting GPA and applies it to data from one cohort of undergraduates at Carnegie Mellon Un...

In the Netherlands, students are admitted to medical school through (1) selection, (2) direct access by high pre-university Grade Point Average (pu-GPA), (3) lottery after being rejected in the selection procedure, or (4) lottery. At Radboud University Medical Center, 2010 was the first year we selected applicants. We designed a procedure based on tasks mimicking the reality of early medical sc...