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- Title
Learning potential and academic literacy tests as predictors of academic performance for engineering students.
- Authors
Schaap, Pieter; Luwes, Monica
- Abstract
Students who obtain senior certificates in the South African schooling system cannot be assumed to be adequately prepared to meet the demands of tertiary education. This study aims to determine the criterion-related validity of a mathematical proficiency test from the Academic Aptitude Test Battery (AAT-maths), an English language proficiency test (ELSA) and a learning potential test (LPCAT) as predictors of the academic performance of engineering bursary students at tertiary institutions. The findings indicate that these tests have significant criterion-related validity and can improve the likelihood of selecting the most promising bursary students. However, the findings point towards the possibility that the tests or the criterion measure are differentially valid for different race groups.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; ENGINEERING student research; LEARNING ability; ACADEMIC ability; ACADEMIC achievement; EDUCATION; SOUTH African students; MATHEMATICAL ability testing; ENGLISH language ability testing
- Publication
Acta Academica, 2013, Vol 45, Issue 3, p181
- ISSN
0587-2405
- Publication type
Article