A conceptual model for improving outcomes on student teams through the selection process

Donna Weaver McCloskey; Kerri Anne Crowne

doi:10.1504/ijtcs.2021.10041315

A conceptual model for improving outcomes on student teams through the selection process

International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies ◽

10.1504/ijtcs.2021.10041315 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 189

Author(s):

Donna Weaver McCloskey ◽

Kerri Anne Crowne

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Model ◽

Selection Process ◽

Student Teams

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A conceptual model for improving outcomes on student teams through the selection process

International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies ◽

10.1504/ijtcs.2021.117965 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 189

Author(s):

Kerri Anne Crowne ◽

Donna Weaver McCloskey

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Model ◽

Selection Process ◽

Student Teams

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A comparison of the United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UK-CAT) with a traditional admission selection process

Medical Teacher ◽

10.1080/01421590802520923 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nishan Fernando ◽

Gordon Prescott ◽

Jennifer Cleland ◽

Kathryn Greaves ◽

Hamish McKenzie

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Selection Process ◽

Aptitude Test ◽

The United Kingdom

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Two Short Tests Fail to Detect Vigilance Decrements

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027//1015-5759.17.1.48 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 48-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Juan Botella ◽

María José Contreras ◽

Pei-Chun Shih ◽

Víctor Rubio

Keyword(s):

Individual Differences ◽

High Performance ◽

Selection Process ◽

Vigilance Task ◽

Air Traffic Controllers ◽

Job Selection ◽

Performance Deterioration ◽

Short Test ◽

Psychological Dimensions

Summary: Deterioration in performance associated with decreased ability to sustain attention may be found in long and tedious task sessions. The necessity for assessing a number of psychological dimensions in a single session often demands “short” tests capable of assessing individual differences in abilities such as vigilance and maintenance of high performance levels. In the present paper two tasks were selected as candidates for playing this role, the Abbreviated Vigilance Task (AVT) by Temple, Warm, Dember, LaGrange and Matthews (1996) and the Continuous Attention Test (CAT) by Tiplady (1992) . However, when applied to a sample of 829 candidates in a job-selection process for air-traffic controllers, neither of them showed discriminative capacity. In a second study, an extended version of the CAT was applied to a similar sample of 667 subjects, but also proved incapable of properly detecting individual differences. In short, at least in a selection context such as that studied here, neither of the tasks appeared appropriate for playing the role of a “short” test for discriminating individual differences in performance deterioration in sustained attention.

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Investigating the Unified Motive Scales

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000571 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Martin Bettschart ◽

Marcel Herrmann ◽

Benjamin M. Wolf ◽

Veronika Brandstätter

Keyword(s):

Field Study ◽

Predictive Validity ◽

Selection Process ◽

Police Department ◽

Longitudinal Field ◽

Explicit Motives ◽

Achievement Motive

Abstract. Explicit motives are well-studied in the field of personality and motivation psychology. However, the statistical overlap of different explicit motive measures is only moderate. As a consequence, the Unified Motive Scales (UMS; Schönbrodt & Gerstenberg, 2012 ) were developed to improve the measurement of explicit motives. The present longitudinal field study examined the predictive validity of the UMS achievement motive subscale. Applicants of a police department ( n = 168, Mage = 25.11, 53 females and 115 males) completed the UMS and their performance in the selection process was assessed. As expected, UMS achievement predicted success in the selection process. The findings provide first evidence for the predictive validity of UMS achievement in an applied setting.

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