A Longitudinal Comparative Study of the Academic Achievement of Education and Other Undergraduate Students
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Academic achievement, Teacher education, Undergraduate students, Longitudinal study, Gender differences, Comparative educationAbstract
A study of the academic achievement of education students as compared to that of other undergraduates over a ten-year period (1973–1984), and based on more than 20,000 grades, showed that: (1) education students enrolled in junior courses in faculties other than Education generally did not perform as well as other comparable undergraduates; (2) in senior courses the situation reversed: education students generally outperformed their counterparts from other faculties; (3) students who entered education after having earned a degree were as academically able as their cohorts who did not enter education; (4) females in both elementary and secondary programs were generally more academically able than their male counterparts; and (5) these trends have remained stable over a ten-year period.
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