Predictive validity of a selection battery for technikon students

Van der Merwe, Doret

dc.contributor.advisor	De Beer, Marié	en
dc.contributor.author	Van der Merwe, Doret	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T10:50:52Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T10:50:52Z
dc.date.issued	2003-11
dc.date.submitted	2003-11-30	en
dc.identifier.citation	Van der Merwe, Doret (2003) Predictive validity of a selection battery for technikon students, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1232>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1232
dc.description.abstract	Student selection is particularly challenging in South Africa. Heterogeneous educational backgrounds require that it is necessary to assess prospective students' potential rather than their current abilities that crystallised from inadequate school education. Dynamic assessment assesses learning potential versus traditional psychometric measures, which are static measures of cognitive ability, measuring what a person has already learned. The aim was to determine the predictive validity of a selection battery. The following predictors were included in the study; matric results, Potential Index Battery, LPCAT, bridging course status and gender. The results confirmed that static measures of intelligence and matric results showed lower predictive validity than learning potential tests. The learning potential measure appeared to be a more valid predictor of academic performance and is suitable to include in a selection battery. Gender and bridging course factors did not reflect significant differences in academic performance. There were indications that students perform better in successive years of study, once they have adjusted to tertiary education.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (181 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Student selection or admission	en
dc.subject	Cognitive ability	en
dc.subject	Psychometric testing	en
dc.subject	Traditional or conventional psychometric tests	en
dc.subject	Dynamic assessment	en
dc.subject	Cultural fairness or equity	en
dc.subject	Psychometric testing	en
dc.subject	Learning potential	en
dc.subject	Matric results	en
dc.subject	Predictive validity	en
dc.subject.ddc	371.26013
dc.subject.lcsh	Cognition -- Testing
dc.subject.lcsh	Dynamic assessment (Educational) -- Validity
dc.subject.lcsh	Psychometrics
dc.subject.lcsh	Learning ability -- Testing
dc.subject.lcsh	Psychological tests
dc.subject.lcsh	Educational tests and measurements -- Validity
dc.title	Predictive validity of a selection battery for technikon students	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Industrial and Organisational Psychology	en
dc.description.degree	M. Comm. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)	en