如何有效选拔研究生——国外研究生选拔实践的证据  

The Inspiration of the Graduate Admission Methods in Western Countries to the Retest of Graduate School Applicants in China

作　　者：薛刚[1] 孙晓敏[2] 

机构地区：[1]国家行政学院公共管理教研部,北京100089 [2]北京师范大学心理学院,北京100875

出　　处：《教育科学》2011年第4期67-78,共12页Education Science

基　　金：教育部人文社会科学研究一般项目青年基金"评价中心技术在研究生复试中的应用研究"资助(项目号08JCXLX001)

摘　　要：在系统回顾国外研究生选拔中认知和非认知因素考察方式的基础上,对应用最为广泛的本科成绩、录取面试和推荐信三种方式的相关研究进行了综述。本科成绩对研究生绩效有良好的预测效度,录取面试由于结构化程度过低而影响了其预测价值,传统推荐信的预测作用并不理想而标准化推荐信则是极具潜力的发展方向。在我国研究生复试阶段应重视本科成绩的作用,提高录取面试的结构化程度,并采用标准化推荐信加强对考生非认知因素的考察。Based on a systemic review of the graduate admission methods for cognitive and noncognitive constructs in western countries, the research did an in-depth review on the researches about undergraduate point average, admission interview and recommendation letter, which are the most widely used methods in graduate admission. Researches demonstrated that undergraduate point average is a good predictor of graduate students＇ academic performance, admission interviews＇ prediction value was damaged by the unstructured format, the predictive validity of traditional recommendation letter is far from satisfactory while standarct recommendation letters are rather promising tool. Thus, during the process of the retest of graduate school applicants in China, much more weight should be paid to undergraduate point grades, more structured admission interviews should be developed and standard recommendation letter might be an helpful way to evaluate applicant＇s noncognitive constructs.

关 键 词：研究生复试 认知因素 非认知因素 本科成绩 面试 推荐信 

分 类 号：G40-059.3[文化科学—教育学原理]