Measuring readiness and success at a higher education institution

dc.contributor.authorLemmens, Juan-Claude
dc.contributor.authorDu Plessis, Gerhard I.
dc.contributor.authorMaree, David J.F.
dc.contributor.emailjlemmens@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-07T10:12:17Z
dc.date.available2012-05-07T10:12:17Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated readiness as a correlate of academic success among beginning university students. A total of 829 first-time entering students from a large business sciences faculty were participants (males = 319, females = 510, mean age = 19, SD = 0.50 years). They completed the Academic Readiness Questionnaire (Lemmens, 2010) during the first-year orientation week. Data on academic success, consisting of subject marks and credits were collected in 2009 after a results verification process. Data were analysed with three separate multiple regression analyses. The first analysis consisted of the overall student sample, the second and third consisted of the black and the white students separated from the overall student sample. The main findings reveal that high school marks, the number of subjects in first year (credits registered), goal orientation, race, learning-efficacy, gender and the geographical area of high school have a direct relationship with academic success. The variables that predict academic success for black students are high school marks, credits registered, and parental education. The variables that predict academic success for white students are high school marks, goal orientation, credits registered, learning-efficacy, gender, and parental education.en_US
dc.description.librariangv2012en
dc.description.urihttp://www.elliottfitzpatrick.com/jpa.htmlen_US
dc.identifier.citationLemmens, JC, Du Plessis, GI & Maree, DJF 2011, 'Measuring readiness and success at a higher education institution', Journal of Psychology in Africa, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 615–622.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1433-0237
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/18691
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElliot & Fitzpatricken_US
dc.rights© 2011 Elliot & Fitzpatricken_US
dc.subjectAchievement motivationen_US
dc.subjectAcademic successen_US
dc.subjectFirst-year studentsen_US
dc.subjectGoal orientationen_US
dc.subjectReadiness for universityen_US
dc.subject.lcshEducational tests and measurements -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshHigher education -- South Africaen
dc.titleMeasuring readiness and success at a higher education institutionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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