Measuring the impact of educational interventions on the academic performance of academic development students in second-year microeconomics

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Leonard Cen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRanchhod, Vimalen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-28T14:10:16Z
dc.date.available2014-10-28T14:10:16Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis is the accepted version of the following article: Smith, L. & Ranchhod, V. 2012. Measuring the impact of educational interventions on the academic performance of academic development students in second-year microeconomics. South African Journal of Economics. 80(3): 431-448., which has been published in final form at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2011.01287.x.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the impact of educational interventions made in the first- and second-year microeconomics courses on academic development students' final mark in the second-year course. It also addresses issues of methodology, specification, and statistical analysis with respect to other studies in the field. The results suggest that the educational interventions in the first year had a positive impact on the academic performance of the academic development cohort, relative to the mainstream cohort for the first period (2000-2002). The results also suggest that the educational interventions introduced in the second period (2003-2005), in the form of voluntary workshops, improved the academic performance of the academic development and mainstream cohorts.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSmith, L. C., & Ranchhod, V. (2012). Measuring the impact of educational interventions on the academic performance of academic development students in second-year microeconomics. <i>South African Journal of Economics</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8874en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSmith, Leonard C, and Vimal Ranchhod "Measuring the impact of educational interventions on the academic performance of academic development students in second-year microeconomics." <i>South African Journal of Economics</i> (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8874en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSmith, L., Ranchhod, V. 2012. Measuring the impact of educational interventions on the academic performance of academic development students in second-year microeconomics. South African Journal of Economics.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0038-2280en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Smith, Leonard C AU - Ranchhod, Vimal AB - This paper analyses the impact of educational interventions made in the first- and second-year microeconomics courses on academic development students' final mark in the second-year course. It also addresses issues of methodology, specification, and statistical analysis with respect to other studies in the field. The results suggest that the educational interventions in the first year had a positive impact on the academic performance of the academic development cohort, relative to the mainstream cohort for the first period (2000-2002). The results also suggest that the educational interventions introduced in the second period (2003-2005), in the form of voluntary workshops, improved the academic performance of the academic development and mainstream cohorts. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Economics KW - academic development KW - academic performance KW - economic education KW - educational interventions KW - microeconomics KW - multivariate analysis KW - propensity score matching KW - South Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 SM - 0038-2280 T1 - Measuring the impact of educational interventions on the academic performance of academic development students in second-year microeconomics TI - Measuring the impact of educational interventions on the academic performance of academic development students in second-year microeconomics UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8874 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8874
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSmith LC, Ranchhod V. Measuring the impact of educational interventions on the academic performance of academic development students in second-year microeconomics. South African Journal of Economics. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8874.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherWileyen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDean's Office: CHEDen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Economicsen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2011.01287.xen_ZA
dc.subjectacademic developmenten_ZA
dc.subjectacademic performanceen_ZA
dc.subjecteconomic educationen_ZA
dc.subjecteducational interventionsen_ZA
dc.subjectmicroeconomicsen_ZA
dc.subjectmultivariate analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectpropensity score matchingen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.titleMeasuring the impact of educational interventions on the academic performance of academic development students in second-year microeconomicsen_ZA
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