Measuring the impact of academic development courses in first-and second-year chemistry

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Leonard Cen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-29T17:25:13Z
dc.date.available2014-11-29T17:25:13Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses multivariate analysis to estimate the impact of educational interventions in the first-year academic development chemistry courses on students' final course marks. The cohorts for seven years are pooled, which generates a more robust set of results than was previously the case. To counter the sample-selection problem that arises as academic development students are placed onto the academic development programme, a selection of control variables is included in the estimations. The results suggest that the educational interventions in the first year had a positive impact on academic development students' performance, relative to mainstream students, in both the first- and second-year courses. The implications of the results for education policy and research are considered.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSmith, L. C. (2013). Measuring the impact of academic development courses in first-and second-year chemistry. <i>South African Journal of Chemistry</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9821en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSmith, Leonard C "Measuring the impact of academic development courses in first-and second-year chemistry." <i>South African Journal of Chemistry</i> (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9821en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSmith, L. 2013. Measuring the impact of academic development courses in first-and second-year chemistry. South African Journal of Chemistry.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0379-4350en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Smith, Leonard C AB - This paper uses multivariate analysis to estimate the impact of educational interventions in the first-year academic development chemistry courses on students' final course marks. The cohorts for seven years are pooled, which generates a more robust set of results than was previously the case. To counter the sample-selection problem that arises as academic development students are placed onto the academic development programme, a selection of control variables is included in the estimations. The results suggest that the educational interventions in the first year had a positive impact on academic development students' performance, relative to mainstream students, in both the first- and second-year courses. The implications of the results for education policy and research are considered. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Chemistry KW - academic development KW - academic performance KW - chemistry KW - educational interventions KW - multivariate analysis KW - South Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 SM - 0379-4350 T1 - Measuring the impact of academic development courses in first-and second-year chemistry TI - Measuring the impact of academic development courses in first-and second-year chemistry UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9821 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9821
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSmith LC. Measuring the impact of academic development courses in first-and second-year chemistry. South African Journal of Chemistry. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9821.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Chemical Instituteen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentAcademic Development Programme (ADP)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenseen_ZA
dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Chemistryen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/chem/chem_v66_a30.pdfen_ZA
dc.subjectacademic developmenten_ZA
dc.subjectacademic performanceen_ZA
dc.subjectchemistryen_ZA
dc.subjecteducational interventionsen_ZA
dc.subjectmultivariate analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.titleMeasuring the impact of academic development courses in first-and second-year chemistryen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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