A Study of Predictors of Success on a Social Work Course

Summary A variety of test measures and biographical variables was relatedto the theoretical and practical course performance of two separateintakes of social work students who began their professionalcourses in a polytechnic in 1968 or 1969. Theoretical performancewas effectively predicted by cognitive variables, but only onetest, a measure of persistence, correlated significantly andconsistently with the practical criterion