Predicting Success among Prospective Disadvantaged Students in Natural Scientific Fields
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| Title: | Predicting Success among Prospective Disadvantaged Students in Natural Scientific Fields |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Maree, J. G., Fletcher, L., Sommerville, J. |
| Source: | South African Journal of Higher Education. 2011 25(6):1125-1139. |
| Availability: | Unisa Press. Preller Street, P.O. Box 392, Muckleneuk, Pretoria 0003, South Africa. Tel: +27-24-298960; Fax: +27-24-293449; e-mail: sajhe@vodamail.co.za; Web site: http://www.sajhe.org.za |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Grade 11 High Schools |
| Descriptors: | Disadvantaged, Aptitude Tests, Visualization, Physical Sciences, Measures (Individuals), Regression (Statistics), Spatial Ability, Science Achievement, Grade 11, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Prediction, Grades (Scholastic) |
| Geographic Terms: | South Africa |
| ISSN: | 1011-3487 |
| Abstract: | One hundred and fifty-nine Grade 11 prospective disadvantaged students in the natural sciences at the University of Pretoria completed the Study Orientation Questionnaire in Mathematics and the Senior Aptitude Test (Advanced). Fifty-nine male students (M age = 16.05; SD = 0.57) and 100 females (M age = 16.02; SD = 0.512) scored significantly differently on three subtests, Non-Verbal Reasoning, Calculations, Spatial Visualization and in Grade 11 mathematics. Stepwise linear regression showed a combination of subtests of the Study Orientation Questionnaire in Mathematics and the Senior Aptitude Test (Advanced) contributed significantly (R[superscript 2] = 15.7% and 20.8% respectively) towards predicting the Grade 11 mathematics and physical sciences marks of prospective students. (Contains 2 notes and 6 tables.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 42 |
| Entry Date: | 2012 |
| Access URL: | https://www.sajhe.org.za/ |
| Accession Number: | EJ967795 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | One hundred and fifty-nine Grade 11 prospective disadvantaged students in the natural sciences at the University of Pretoria completed the Study Orientation Questionnaire in Mathematics and the Senior Aptitude Test (Advanced). Fifty-nine male students (M age = 16.05; SD = 0.57) and 100 females (M age = 16.02; SD = 0.512) scored significantly differently on three subtests, Non-Verbal Reasoning, Calculations, Spatial Visualization and in Grade 11 mathematics. Stepwise linear regression showed a combination of subtests of the Study Orientation Questionnaire in Mathematics and the Senior Aptitude Test (Advanced) contributed significantly (R[superscript 2] = 15.7% and 20.8% respectively) towards predicting the Grade 11 mathematics and physical sciences marks of prospective students. (Contains 2 notes and 6 tables.) |
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| ISSN: | 1011-3487 |
