An investigation into the performance and problems of first-year engineering students at the University of Cape Town

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dc.contributor.advisorMartin, JBen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCowan, Billen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJawitz, Jeffen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-11T12:16:23Z
dc.date.available2014-10-11T12:16:23Z
dc.date.issued1992en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 203-208.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe first- and second-year results of the 1989 engineering student intake were analysed and revealed that matriculants from Black Education Departments performed significantly worse in the first year than those from White Education Departments. Matric point scores were found to be good predictors for White Education Department matriculants, but less so for Black Education Department matriculants, with matric Physical Science a better predictor than matric Maths, for both first- and second- year courses. Using interviews and a survey of students, a set of academic and non-academic problems experienced by first-year engineering students were identified with black students found to have experienced a particular set of problems to a greater degree than white students. The data produced a portrait of the interaction between first-year engineering students and the academic and social systems of the university. The dominant feature that emerged was one of distance between the individual students and elements of the university environment, including staff, fellow students and the academic material. Factors from the student's personal and educational background that appeared to accentuate this experience of distance were identified. Recommendations to the Engineering Faculty were compiled on the basis of this analysis together with student suggestions for improving the first-year engineering programme.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationJawitz, J. (1992). <i>An investigation into the performance and problems of first-year engineering students at the University of Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8382en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJawitz, Jeff. <i>"An investigation into the performance and problems of first-year engineering students at the University of Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8382en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJawitz, J. 1992. An investigation into the performance and problems of first-year engineering students at the University of Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Jawitz, Jeff AB - The first- and second-year results of the 1989 engineering student intake were analysed and revealed that matriculants from Black Education Departments performed significantly worse in the first year than those from White Education Departments. Matric point scores were found to be good predictors for White Education Department matriculants, but less so for Black Education Department matriculants, with matric Physical Science a better predictor than matric Maths, for both first- and second- year courses. Using interviews and a survey of students, a set of academic and non-academic problems experienced by first-year engineering students were identified with black students found to have experienced a particular set of problems to a greater degree than white students. The data produced a portrait of the interaction between first-year engineering students and the academic and social systems of the university. The dominant feature that emerged was one of distance between the individual students and elements of the university environment, including staff, fellow students and the academic material. Factors from the student's personal and educational background that appeared to accentuate this experience of distance were identified. Recommendations to the Engineering Faculty were compiled on the basis of this analysis together with student suggestions for improving the first-year engineering programme. DA - 1992 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1992 T1 - An investigation into the performance and problems of first-year engineering students at the University of Cape Town TI - An investigation into the performance and problems of first-year engineering students at the University of Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8382 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8382
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJawitz J. An investigation into the performance and problems of first-year engineering students at the University of Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1992 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8382en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEngineeringen_ZA
dc.titleAn investigation into the performance and problems of first-year engineering students at the University of Cape Townen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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