Prediction Of First Year Students Academic Performance In The School Of Medicine Of Addis Ababa University

Academic performance of medical students is affected by multiple factors, including cognitivernand non cognitive factors. The purpose of this study was to identify the prediction power ofrnselected psychological variables’ (academic self-efficacy and achievement motivation) andrnstudents’ previous academic achievement (preparatory grade point average and EthiopianrnUniversity Entrance Examination) on medical students’ first year first semester grade pointrnaverage in Addis Ababa University. The ability of each of these variables in predicting males’rnand females’ academic performance was also assessed. The subjects of this study were 227(malern= 143 and female = 84) students who enrolled in Addis Ababa University School of Medicine inrn2013/2014 academic year. Students’ previous academic achievement and University grade pointrnaverage (UGPA) were secured from the under graduate Program Office School of Medicine.rnAcademic self-efficacy scale of Pintrich and DeGroot (1990) and Roeser et al. (1996) whichrnwere adapted by Mulugeta (1998) and an adapted Academic Achievement Motivation Self-rnReport Inventory of Daniel (1992) were used to measure participants’ academic self-efficacy andrnachievement motivation respectively. Data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis.rnMultiple regression analysis revealed that the predictor variables (preparatory school gradernpoint average, Ethiopian university entrance examination, academic self-efficacy andrnachievement motivation) added significantly to the prediction of university grade point averagern(F(4,222)=41.92 ,P

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