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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENTRANTS COMPARED WITH HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ENTRANTS TO BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1980 - 1983 (REMEDIAL, GED, ADULT EDUCATION; FLORIDA)

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1983
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This study was undertaken in an effort to determine, through the study of six carefully chosen variables, whether the student obtaining a GED diploma was as well prepared for post-secondary educational experiences as the student who completed a regular high school program and received a diploma. Subjects for the study consisted of all GED entrants to Broward Community College (a public, fully accredited two-year community college located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) during the Fall term of 1980 and a randomly selected sample of high school diploma entrants for the same term who were matched to the GED entrants for age, sex and race. Subjects numbered 458 GED entrants and 458 high school diploma entrants, for a total of 916. The record for each subject was assessed for the three-year period beginning with the Fall term of 1980 and continuing through the Summer term of 1983, or a total of nine terms. Using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), statistics involving the variables were obtained with computer assistance. In all cases, GED entrants were compared to high school diploma entrants, with the confidence level being established at .05. The six variables studied were: (1) Incidence of enrollment in "remedial" courses; (2) Degree of success in "remedial" courses as evidenced by passing grade; (3) Overall grade point average; (4) Successful completion of programs as evidenced by degree or certificate awarded; (5) Enrollment pattern as evidenced by length of enrollment; (6) Indicated major area of study (academic as compared with technical) Results were supportive of the null hypotheses variables 2, 3, and 5; they were not supportive in connection with variables 1 and 6. Results concerning variable 4 were inconclusive due to the very small number of degrees or certificates awarded to either group. The overall conclusion reached was that GED entrants to post-secondary educational programs would probably need some remediation, especially in the area of mathematics. Mandatory assessment and placement for GED entrants was recommended, as were other revisions in College policy regarding grading practices and retention efforts.
Title: THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENTRANTS COMPARED WITH HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ENTRANTS TO BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1980 - 1983 (REMEDIAL, GED, ADULT EDUCATION; FLORIDA).
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Name(s): GRADY, DONNA KATHERINE.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
MacKenzie, Donald G., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1983
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 82 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This study was undertaken in an effort to determine, through the study of six carefully chosen variables, whether the student obtaining a GED diploma was as well prepared for post-secondary educational experiences as the student who completed a regular high school program and received a diploma. Subjects for the study consisted of all GED entrants to Broward Community College (a public, fully accredited two-year community college located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) during the Fall term of 1980 and a randomly selected sample of high school diploma entrants for the same term who were matched to the GED entrants for age, sex and race. Subjects numbered 458 GED entrants and 458 high school diploma entrants, for a total of 916. The record for each subject was assessed for the three-year period beginning with the Fall term of 1980 and continuing through the Summer term of 1983, or a total of nine terms. Using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), statistics involving the variables were obtained with computer assistance. In all cases, GED entrants were compared to high school diploma entrants, with the confidence level being established at .05. The six variables studied were: (1) Incidence of enrollment in "remedial" courses; (2) Degree of success in "remedial" courses as evidenced by passing grade; (3) Overall grade point average; (4) Successful completion of programs as evidenced by degree or certificate awarded; (5) Enrollment pattern as evidenced by length of enrollment; (6) Indicated major area of study (academic as compared with technical) Results were supportive of the null hypotheses variables 2, 3, and 5; they were not supportive in connection with variables 1 and 6. Results concerning variable 4 were inconclusive due to the very small number of degrees or certificates awarded to either group. The overall conclusion reached was that GED entrants to post-secondary educational programs would probably need some remediation, especially in the area of mathematics. Mandatory assessment and placement for GED entrants was recommended, as were other revisions in College policy regarding grading practices and retention efforts.
Identifier: 11842 (digitool), FADT11842 (IID), fau:8766 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1983.
College of Education
Subject(s): Broward Community College--Students
Academic achievement
GED tests
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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