Marked for Success: Secondary School Performance and University Achievement in Biology

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dc.contributor.authorComer, K.
dc.contributor.authorBrogt, E.
dc.contributor.authorSampson, K.A.
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-19T23:07:01Z
dc.date.available2013-12-19T23:07:01Z
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.description.abstractBuilding on Shulruf, Hattie and Tumen (2008), this work examines the capacity of various National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA)-derived models to predict first-year performance in Biological Sciences at a New Zealand university. We compared three models: (1) the ‘best-80’ indicator as used by several New Zealand universities as a predictor of grade point average (GPA); (2) the ‘best-80’ as a predictor of outcome grade in biology courses and (3) ‘domain status’ in biology and chemistry as a predictor of outcome grade. These models span quantity, quality and competency measures in examining student performance and success at both university-wide and specific disciplinary levels. Results show that the models explain between 25 and 45% of the variance, which may present challenges if one of these models were to become the sole determinant for enrolment and limitation of entry policies, but can be useful in an advisory capacity.en
dc.identifier.citationComer, K., Brogt, E., Sampson, K.A. (2011) Marked for Success: Secondary School Performance and University Achievement in Biology. Journal of Institutional Research, 16(2), pp. 42-53.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/8752
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. AVC Research Officeen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.aair.org.au/articles/volume-16-no-2/16-2-marked-for-success-secondary-school-performance-and-university-achievement-in-biologyen
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectNCEAen
dc.subjectacademic advisingen
dc.subjectbiologyen
dc.subjectfirst year performanceen
dc.subjectacademic preparation for university studiesen
dc.subjectbest-80en
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::06 - Biological Sciencesen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3903 - Education systems::390303 - Higher educationen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3904 - Specialist studies in education::390402 - Education assessment and evaluationen
dc.titleMarked for Success: Secondary School Performance and University Achievement in Biologyen
dc.typeJournal Article
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