An Econometric Evaluation of Academic Development Programmes in Economics

Edwards, Lawrence

doi:10.1111/j.1813-6982.2000.tb01178.x

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“…The data for four years (1999)(2000)(2001)(2002) is pooled, which results in a more robust set of estimations than is previously the case. The student's career at university is viewed as a production process whereby graduation performance is a function of a variety of inputs (Edwards 2000;Smith and Edwards 2007;Smith 2009). This relationship can be represented as:…”

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“…Following Edwards (2000), Smith (2004), Van Walbeek (2004), Smith and Edwards (2007) and Smith (2009), a modified version of the matriculation points score is used as a measure of academic ability.…”

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“…However, the evidence regarding the significance of English (home language), as regards the study of economics at least, is inconclusive (Edwards 2000;Smith 2004;Van Walbeek 2004;Parker 2006;Smith and Edwards 2007;Smith 2009). A dummy variable equal to 1 is included if the student's home language is English.…”

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“…However, as noted by Edwards (2000), the extent of the sample-selection problem may not be very significant. There may be substantial random error associated with the main variable used to select students into the CADP, namely matriculation grades.…”

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“…These have taken a variety of forms including bridging courses, extra tutorials and additional courses, usually in English and mathematics (Walker and Badsha 1993;Volbrecht 1999;Edwards 2000;Smith 2004;Smith and Edwards 2007). The main aim of these interventions is to enable students from disadvantaged academic and socioeconomic backgrounds to develop their literacy, quantitative and study skills so that they are able to achieve success in a particular course, and ultimately, a higher education qualification.…”

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Measuring the success of an academic development programme: A statistical analysis

Smith

2009

South African Journal of Higher Education

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This article uses statistical analysis to estimate the impact of first-year academic development courses in microeconomics, statistics, accountancy, and information systems, offered by the University of Cape Town's Commerce Academic Development Programme, on students' graduation performance relative to that achieved by mainstream students. The data for four cohorts, covering the years 1999-2002 is pooled. The results suggest that membership of the academic development programme enables students to out-perform their peers on the mainstream controlling for a number of independent variables, and that the positive effect of the first-year courses on graduation performance is particularly pronounced for African students. The implications of these findings for higher education in South Africa are considered.

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Measuring the success of an academic development programme: A statistical analysis

Smith

2009

South African Journal of Higher Education

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Flipping the Undergraduate Economics Classroom: Using Online Videos to Enhance Teaching and Learning

Caviglia‐Harris¹

2016

Southern Economic Journal

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The flipped classroom has been proposed as a teaching method with the potential to enhance student learning by removing much of the transmission of knowledge from the classroom and replacing this with active learning approaches that enable the assimilation of information. This article analyzes the impact of a flipped undergraduate economics course that leverages an existing suite of online lectures by Khan Academy. The study employs a quasiexperimental design to evaluate the impact of two different flipped treatments on an undergraduate microeconomics principles final exam. Student achievement is compared for students in (i) a "traditional" undergraduate course; (ii) a "complemented" (or partially flipped) classroom including traditional "mini" lectures complemented with online video lectures assigned as homework; and (iii) a flipped classroom. Results suggest that students in both of the flipped courses scored between 4 and 14 percentage points higher on set of common questions and a cumulative final exam.

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The comparative performance of chartered accountancy students in South Africa: The impact of historical legacies

Sartorius

2013

Development Southern Africa

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African students continue to underperform in South Africa's schools and universities. This paper investigates the comparative performance of African chartered accountancy students from school to post-university level. The paper employed a mixed-method approach to analyse a series of crosssectional datasets. The results showed that African students have underperformed at school, university and at post-university level, although the performance gap appears to be narrowing in the first professional chartered accountancy examination. The differential performance of these students was explained by poorer marks in mathematics and English that can be traced back to historical legacies in the education sector. South African universities, moreover, perpetuate this disadvantage because they have retained Eurocentric teaching approaches. In order to remove these barriers, tuition at school and university must be complemented by crosscultural teaching practices and bridging programmes.

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An Econometric Evaluation of Academic Development Programmes in Economics

Cited by 23 publications

References 13 publications

Measuring the success of an academic development programme: A statistical analysis

Measuring the success of an academic development programme: A statistical analysis

Flipping the Undergraduate Economics Classroom: Using Online Videos to Enhance Teaching and Learning

The comparative performance of chartered accountancy students in South Africa: The impact of historical legacies

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