Through “a series of multiple-choice questions,” researchers plan to predict how students will succeed (or not succeed) in college.通過“一系列的選擇題， ”研究計劃，預測學生如何將接替（或不會得逞）在高校。 What test could I be talking about: the SAT, the ACT, the AP, IB, or maybe even the TOEFL?什麼測試我談論：國家稅務總局，法，日，興業，或甚至是托福考試？ No, it’s some new test–so new it doesn’t have a dehumanizing acronym applied to it yet!沒有，它的一些新的試驗，使新的，它並沒有一個非人的縮寫，它適用於尚未！ Better yet, it doesn’t use language or math to predict aptitude–it uses background information!更棒的是，它不使用語言或數學預測能力-它使用的背景資料！ Awesome!可怕的！ Wait…等待…

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update Aug 2 : the Research being done at MSU by MSU researchers, MSU has belatedly put up a nice, extra-informative article on the subject 更新8月2日 ：正在做的研究在MSU的，由MSU的研究人員， MSU的已遲提出了一個很好，課外翔實的文章就此事 HERE這裡 . 。

update Aug 3 : I emailed Dr. Schmitt, chair of the MSU psych department, and got the prepublication papers, which are very interesting. 更新8月3日 ：我通過電子郵件發送的施密特博士，主持會議的MSU的心理署，並得到了prepublication文件，這是很有趣。 I’m reading through them now (~175 pages, so sort of skimming) and will report on them soon.我讀通過他們現在（ 〜 175頁，因此，這類擦卡） ，並會報告對他們盡快。 Yeah, I know, excellent use of my time.是啊，我知道，優良的使用我的時間。

Professors Find Ways to Predict Student Success 教授找到辦法，來預測學生成功

By 通過 KATHLEEN POLESNAK 凱瑟琳polesnak

http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=37042
The State News 國務院新聞

Grade-point averages and SAT scores can only do so much to predict student success at college.二級點的平均數和星期六分數只能做這麼多預測學生在成功大學。 That’s why two MSU professors researched other ways to anticipate how student life beyond the books plays into college performance.After looking at students’ interests, background experiences and motivational characteristics from 10 universities during a four-year period, psychology professors Neal Schmitt, Frederick Oswald and a team of undergraduate and graduate students found predictors for student potential, including their likeliness to cheat, drop out of school and attend classes regularly.這就是為什麼2 MSU的教授，研究其他方法來預測如何學生生活之外的書籍發揮高校performance.after看學生的利益，背景，經驗和動機的特點，從10所大學在一項為期四年，心理學教授尼爾施密特，馮檢奧斯瓦爾德和一隊大學生和研究生發現，預測學生的潛力，包括其可能性，以欺騙，輟學和定期上課。

The College Board approached Schmitt and Oswald about conducting the study, which it plans to use to enhance college admissions.大學理事會接觸，施密特和奧斯瓦爾德約進行研究，它計劃使用，以提高大學入學。

“I think it’sa step forward in terms of learning about college performance more broadly and how to admit students that will create a more well-rounded student body,” Oswald said. “我認為這是向前邁進一步的條款學習學院的表現更廣泛，以及如何承認的學生，將創造一個更加良好的四捨五入學生團體， ”奧斯瓦爾德說。

Oswald and Schmitt started by examining college mission statements to find which student traits universities desire.奧斯瓦爾德和施密特開始研究學院的使命陳述，了解哪個學生性狀大學的願望。 They narrowed them down to 12 categories, including artistic and cultural appreciation, social responsibility and citizenship, and career orientation.他們縮小了他們下降到12類，包括藝術和文化的讚賞，社會責任和公民身份和職業的方向。 […] [ … … ]

“It is daunting in a sense that no test is perfect in predicting students’ success,” Oswald said. “這是艱鉅的，在某種意義上說，沒有測試是完美的預測學生的成功， ”奧斯瓦爾德說。 “We did the best as we could to make the test as reliable and predictable of student outcomes as possible.” “You lose some of that individual richness, but what you gain is the consistency, and it’s interpreted in a similar way on the admissions side of things,” Oswald said. “我們做最好的，因為我們可以使測試作為可靠的和可預見的學生的成果，盡可能” ， “你失去了一些個別的豐富性，但你得到的是一致的，它的解釋，在一個類似的方式對招生方面的事情， “奧斯瓦爾德說。

The next step in utilizing the information is extending the research to high school seniors, said Viji Sathy, an associate research scientist for the College Board.下一步，在利用信息是擴大研究到高中的老人說， viji沙蒂公司，聯營公司研究科學家，為學院董事會。

Good:好：

  • “If you expand your selection beyond that of ability, you can look at these elements and expand the array of (students at) the college.” “如果您的業務拓展您的選擇超越的能力，你可以看看這些要素和擴大陣列（學生）學院” 。
  • “I think it’sa step forward in terms of learning about college performance more broadly and how to admit students that will create a more well-rounded student body,” Oswald said. “我認為這是向前邁進一步的條款學習學院的表現更廣泛，以及如何承認的學生，將創造一個更加良好的四捨五入學生團體， ”奧斯瓦爾德說。

Bad:壞：

  • “We’re just trying to find a way to measure people,” “我們只是試圖找到一種方式，來衡量人” ，
  • “You lose some of that individual richness” “你失去了一些個別的豐富性”

Worst:最差的：

  • The College Board approached Schmitt and Oswald about conducting the study, which it plans to use to enhance college admissions.大學理事會接觸，施密特和奧斯瓦爾德約進行研究，它計劃使用，以提高大學入學。
  • The next step in utilizing the information is extending the research to high school seniors, said Viji Sathy, an associate research scientist for the College Board.下一步，在利用信息是擴大研究到高中的老人說， viji沙蒂公司，聯營公司研究科學家，為學院董事會。

Scary…可怕…

Read part 2 of this exciting story here:閱讀第2部分這一激動人心的故事在這裡： Feed it Gossip hear your future GPA pt.飼料，它說閒話聽到你的未來政府採購協定鉑。 2