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- Title
Predicting success among prospective disadvantaged students in natural scientific fields.
- Authors
Maree, J. G.; Fletcher, L.; Sommerville, J.
- 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 = .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.
- Subjects
UNIVERSITY of Pretoria; NON-Verbal Ability Tests; QUESTIONNAIRES; REASONING; ELEVENTH grade (Education); MATHEMATICS education
- Publication
South African Journal of Higher Education, 2011, Vol 25, Issue 6, p1125
- ISSN
1011-3487
- Publication type
Article