Predicting success among prospective disadvantaged students in natural scientific fields

dc.contributor.authorMaree, J.G. (Kobus)
dc.contributor.authorFletcher, Lizelle
dc.contributor.authorSommerville, Jaqui E.M.
dc.contributor.emailkobus.maree@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-01T11:25:39Z
dc.date.available2012-12-31T00:20:03Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractOne 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 = .57) and 100 females (M age = 16.02; SD = .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 (R2 = 15.7% and 20.8% respectively) towards predicting the Grade 11 mathematics and physical sciences marks of prospective students.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=20128en_US
dc.identifier.citationMaree, JG, Fletcher, L & Sommerville, J 2011, 'Predicting success among prospective disadvantaged students in natural scientific fields', South African Journal of Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 1125-1139.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1011-3487
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17678
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUnisa Pressen_US
dc.rights© Unisa Press. This article is embargoed by the publisher until December 2012.en_US
dc.subjectPredicting successen_US
dc.subjectProspective disadvantaged studentsen_US
dc.subjectNatural sciencesen_US
dc.subject.lcshMathematics -- Study and teaching -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshNatural science -- Study and teaching -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshStudents, Black -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshEducational tests and measurements -- South Africaen
dc.titlePredicting success among prospective disadvantaged students in natural scientific fieldsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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