Predictive ability of secondary school student’s performance to first year undergraduate performance: the case of university of Dar es Salaam business school

Gesase, Anthony

Predictive ability of secondary school student’s performance to first year undergraduate performance: the case of university of Dar es Salaam business school

Date

2012

Authors

Gesase, Anthony

Publisher

University of Dar es Salaam

Abstract

There have been complaints that a number of students admitted to various Universities have been failing to complete their university studies yet they met the admission criterion, this study aimed at evaluating the predictive ability of secondary school performance (O-level student performance, A-level student performance and student subject by combination) to first year undergraduate performance. Data was collected form University of Dare es salaam student’s academic record database where by 501 student records were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software, and Regression Analysis was used to predict university performance based on A-level student performance, O-level performance and student subject by combination. Results indicated that there was a positive correlation between undergraduate performance (Outcome variable) and the predictor variables (O-level student performance, A-level student performance, and student subject by combination). It was found that 49% of undergraduate student performance was explained by O-level student performance, which makes O-level student performance the best criterion be used to predict university performance. The researcher recommends O-level Student performance to be highly considered by the admission bodies or committees when admitting students to universities.

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Keywords

High school students, Academic achievement, Secondary school students, College students, Tanzania

Citation

Gesase, A (2012),Predictive ability of secondary school student’s performance to first year undergraduate performance: the case of university of Dar es Salaam business school ,master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam (available at http://41.86.178.3/internetserver3.1.2/detail.aspx )