Abstract

BAHAMON M, Marly Johana  and  REYES RUIZ, Lizeth. Characterization of the Intellectual Ability, Sociodemographic and Academic Factors of Students with High and Low Performances in the Saber Pro Exam - 2012. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2014, vol.32, n.3, pp.459-476. ISSN 1794-4724.  https://doi.org/dx.doi.org/10.12804/apl32.03.2014.01.

This paper is derived from a study aimed at characterizing the intellectual capacity, socio-demographic and academic factors of students with high and low test performance in the Saber Pro exams. We analyzed the scores reported by the Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education (ICFES ) for the period I and II of 2012 and the data reported by the psychology program of a University about intellectual ability, sociodemographic and academic characteristics of 68 students who were studying psychology in the ninth and tenth semester, whose ages ranged between 21 and 52 years, and presented the exam in the period mentioned. The data processing was performed using SPSS 18.0 statistical software using descriptive statistics and Student t test. The results indicate that students with better performance have specific sociodemographic characteristics, high intellectual ability, good academic performance, career interests related to study areas and appropriate study habits and techniques.

Keywords : Saber Pro; Icfes; quality of education; academic factors.

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