Selecting students for university and predicting their performance

Tuesday, 15 September 2009 15:45 - 17:15, Ballroom 2

Chair Charles Eguridu Senior Deputy Registrar/Head, Int'l Exams Dept WAEC HqGhana
Using assessment for the improvement of tertiary education in Nigeria: The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) Role
  • Dibu Ojerinde, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board and IAEA, Nigeria
The influence of institutions, discipline and number of sittings to attain minimum entry credits on the degree of prediction of First Year Grade Point Average (FGPA) by Universities Matriculation Examination (UME)
  • Dibu Ojerinde, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board and IAEA, Nigeria
Prediction of study success - should selection instruments measure cognitive or non-cognitive factors?
  • Christina Wikström, Department of Educational Measurement, Umeå University, Sweden