OBJECTIVES: To determine the value of employing the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI), Defining Issues Test (DIT), and Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA) in predictive models for first-year pharmacy student academic performance. METHODS: Six years of pharmacy student admission and progression data were evaluated. Additional predictive validity offered by these variables over a model of prepharmacy grade point average and pharmacy college admission test (PCAT) score was examined. RESULTS: None of the 3 measures offered the ability to predict first-semester or first-year academic performance over and above GPA and PCAT. CONCLUSIONS: The LASSI, DIT, and WGCTA do not appear to assess abilities that are directly related to academic performance; however, these instruments may be useful in assessing other student attributes that are highly desirable for the practice of pharmacy.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the value of employing the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI), Defining Issues Test (DIT), and Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA) in predictive models for first-year pharmacy student academic performance. METHODS: Six years of pharmacy student admission and progression data were evaluated. Additional predictive validity offered by these variables over a model of prepharmacy grade point average and pharmacy college admission test (PCAT) score was examined. RESULTS: None of the 3 measures offered the ability to predict first-semester or first-year academic performance over and above GPA and PCAT. CONCLUSIONS: The LASSI, DIT, and WGCTA do not appear to assess abilities that are directly related to academic performance; however, these instruments may be useful in assessing other student attributes that are highly desirable for the practice of pharmacy.
Authors: Jacqueline E McLaughlin; Julia Khanova; Kelly Scolaro; Philip T Rodgers; Wendy C Cox Journal: Am J Pharm Educ Date: 2015-08-25 Impact factor: 2.047
Authors: Gary M Oderda; Robin M Zavod; Jean T Carter; Johnnie L Early; Pamela U Joyner; Harold Kirschenbaum; Eric J Mack; Andrew P Traynor; Cecilia M Plaza Journal: Am J Pharm Educ Date: 2010-12-15 Impact factor: 2.047
Authors: Wendy C Cox; Jacqueline E McLaughlin; David Singer; Margaret Lewis; Melissa M Dinkins Journal: Am J Pharm Educ Date: 2015-05-25 Impact factor: 2.047