Reflections on the Influence of Social Class on Student Performance at the University

Success and Failure Among Engineers, Physical Scientists and Linguists at a Technological University

“…In the engineering and science schools no significant relationship was evident, but in modem languages a strong positive relationship was found. The findings of Smithers and Batcock (1970) with social and health scientists provided some support for the notion of an inverse relationship between performance and ease of access (Dale, 1963). But among the linguists of the present study a very different pattern was found.…”

“…IN a previous paper (Smithers and Batcock, 1970) the bearing of a number of factors on the degree performance of health-science and social-science students at the University of Bradford was examined. In both fields of study working class students tended to be the more successful, and since both admitted about twice as many middle as working class students, this was taken as some support for Dale's (1963) hypothesis that, where it is difficult for a working class student to gain entry to a course, performance will be related inversely to social class.…”

Success and Failure Among Social Scientists and Health Scientists at a Technological University

“…nor Maclay (1968) at Birmingham could detect a connection. But Dale (1963) has suggested that the proportions from the different classes in a particular institution may be important. Drawing on findings from Cambridge, Oxford and University College, London, he has hypothesised that where it is hard for a student from a workingclass background to obtain a place there will be in inverse relationship between social class and performance.…”

Η Επιδοσις Εις Την Κλιμακα Raven Των Φοιτητων Της Ιατρικης Και Η Σχε- Σις Αυτησπρος Κοινωνικους Και Βιομετρικους Παραγοντας Και Προς Την Επιδοσην Εις Τα Προκλινικα Μαθηματα

“…Τό ερώτημα είναι κατά πόσον κοινωνικοοικονομικοί παράγοντες επηρεάζουν τήν άκαδημαϊκήν έπιτυχίαν καί πέραν τών μέσων βαθμίδων τής εκπαιδεύσεως, δι' άτομα δεδομένης νοητικής επιδράσεως. Έπί τούτου, άλλοι μέν φρονούν οτι υφίσταται θετική συσχέτισις (Mallesson, 1960, Armstrong, 1967, άλλοι αρνητική (Dale, 1963), τέλος δέ έτεροι οτι, από του επιπέδου τούτου παύει ή εκλεκτική δράσις τών κα θοριστικών αυτών παραγόντων (Furneaux, 1961).…”