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The predictive validity of the state part of the school-leaving exam and the entrance exam to the Faculty of Education, Charles University
Bartáková, Irena ; Chvál, Martin (advisor) ; Kucharská, Anna (referee) ; Michek, Stanislav (referee)
This dissertation deals with the predictive validity of the state part of the school-leaving exam and the entrance exam to the Faculty of Education, Charles University. Its purpose is to find what influence these exams have on academic performance, with the criteria being the grade point average for each year of the bachelor program, cumulative grade point average and the state final examination grade. The data set consists of students admitted for academic years 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 in the following fields: Czech language, English language and Special education. The dissertation includes also a review study giving an overview of the research on the predictive validity conducted in the Czech republic and other countries. The empirical part provides the description and comparison of the individual data sets, including results from school-leaving exam and the entrance exam, as well as university grades. As for the school-leaving exams, students pass most succesfully the English exam. When focusing on the field of study, the most successful students are those of the English language, while students of Special education have the worst grades. However, these students achieve the best results in the entrance exam and they also perform best during their university studies, which can be seen in the...
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Naturalism in selected works of John Steinbeck
Bartáková, Irena ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Grmela, Josef (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with naturalistic features in selected works of John Steinbeck. The theoretical part gives a general outline of Naturalism, of its birth and background, as well as of the influences which helped to form this movement. Special attention is paid to the American Naturalism. The practical part is focused on the analysis of two novels by John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath and In Dubious Battle - from the naturalistic point of view. Its aim is to trace naturalistic features in the novels and thus to find evidence that these are typical novels of American Naturalism, in terms of their themes and ways of elaboration.
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Naturalism in selected works of John Steinbeck
Bartáková, Irena ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Grmela, Josef (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with naturalistic features in selected works of John Steinbeck. The theoretical part gives a general outline of Naturalism, of its birth and background, as well as of the influences which helped to form this movement. Special attention is paid to the American Naturalism. The practical part is focused on the analysis of two novels by John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath and In Dubious Battle - from the naturalistic point of view. Its aim is to trace naturalistic features in the novels and thus to find evidence that these are typical novels of American Naturalism, in terms of their themes and ways of elaboration.
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