Allgemeine Intelligenz und eine starke Arbeitsmoral sind die besten Prädiktoren für Hochschulnoten. Entgegen den Erwartungen verbesserten mathematische Kenntnisse die Vorhersagen über diesen beiden Faktoren nicht.
General intelligence and a strong work ethic are the best predictors of college grades
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General intelligence and a strong work ethic are the best predictors of college grades
An analysis of the Project TALENT data (from the 1960s) found that general mental ability and conscientiousness were the best predictors of students’ college grade point average (GPA). Contrary to expectations, mathematical knowledge did not improve predictions above these two factors. The paper was published in Intelligence & Cognitive Abilities.
General mental ability is a broad capacity to learn, reason, solve problems, understand complex ideas, and adapt to new situations. It includes abilities such as verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, memory, abstract thinking, and processing information efficiently. It predicts how quickly and effectively people can learn new material, make decisions, and perform complex academic or work tasks. Because of this, general mental ability is one of the strongest predictors of learning, training success, and overall academic performance of students.
However, it is not the only factor determining how a student performs in college. The personality trait of conscientiousness is another important predictor because organized, disciplined, and persistent students usually complete assignments and prepare for exams more consistently. Motivation also matters because students who value their studies and believe effort matters are more likely to invest time and energy. Other factors such as prior academic achievement, the capacity for self-regulated learning and socio-economic status are associated with academic achievement in college as well.
https://icajournal.scholasticahq.com/article/154598-role-of-mental-abilities-and-conscientiousness-in-explaining-college-grades
So if you’re clever, and work hard, you’ll do well? Who’d have thought it?
higher work ethic people are more prone to cheating because they’re perfectionists and want to look good to their peers.
I think the trick is to turn „data“ like this into actionable tutelage.
Teaching so folks understand foundations, understand how they learn best and how to learn more.
Teaching work ethic seems challenging.
Colleges act as filters to promote conformity and compliance to ensure that only those who won’t upset the status quo succeed, for everyone else it acts as a debt trap to ensure they don’t succeed.
„Work ethic“ is a poor way to translate the trait of conscientiousness that was studied.
Cognitive and emotional **self-regulation** is the fundamental skill. This means executive regulation of attention, cognitive strategies, regulation of frustration, motivation, etc.
* Angela Duckworth, A. L., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2005). Self-discipline outdoes IQ in predicting academic performance of adolescents. *Psychological Science, 16*(12), 939–944. [https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01641.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01641.x)
* Poropat, A. E. (2009). A meta-analysis of the five-factor model of personality and academic performance. *Psychological Bulletin, 135*(2), 322–338. [https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014996](https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014996)
* Bergold, S., & Steinmayr, R. (2018). Personality and intelligence interact in the prediction of academic achievement. *Journal of Intelligence, 6*(2), 27. [https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence6020027](https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence6020027)
A third predictor is **curiosity**:
* von Stumm, S., Hell, B., & Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2011). The hungry mind: Intellectual curiosity is the third pillar of academic performance. *Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6*(6), 574–588. [https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691611421204](https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691611421204)
How do we measure *g* in a way that is independent of aptitude at taking written tests? It seems to my layman eyes that skills like narrowing down multiple choice options, studying, writing short essays, and using information / examples provided by one question to figure out another might influence both a person’s tested *g* score and their college performance.
Okay?
Maths really has nothing to do with the vast majority of degree subjects. It just happens in the case of STEM, partly because of its literally name, Maths is more useful, and then these jobs happen to pay more…well if we say TEM, the science bit actually pay nothing at all given you spend until about 30 getting to a point to actually get a decent pay rate you would achieve in Tech or Finance by 25.
It’s r/science’s weekly IQ post woo! So it’s also time for your reminder that IQ isn’t real, can’t be reliable measured, and has its roots in race “science”.
This is just a massive wall of statistical shenanigans
College grades are super inflated as are k-12. Curious how that influences this data analysis.
even dumb,
work ethic and reading comprehension can take you far.
Well that seems absolutely incorrect. Mathematical knowledge definitely did improve The predictions. I mean it’s a statistical prediction math was necessary to make the prediction in the first place.
Sorry all kidding aside, That is not terribly surprising. Quite honestly, I have known many hyperintelligent people that have failed out of college because they didn’t have the work ethic to actually make it.