Selection Tools Predictive of Success in the Health Sciences--NATED vs. NSC Students

Autor/inn/en	Essack, S. Y.; Wedekind, V.; Naidoo, I.
Titel	Selection Tools Predictive of Success in the Health Sciences--NATED vs. NSC Students
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Higher Education, 26 (2012) 3, S.472-486 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1011-3487
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary Education; Advantaged; Disadvantaged; Differences; College Readiness; Academic Ability; Higher Education; Access to Education; Equal Education; Admission (School); Admission Criteria; Predictor Variables; Scores; English for Academic Purposes; Exit Examinations; Academic Achievement; Health Sciences; Placement; Tests; English (Second Language) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarbereich; Unterscheiden; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Prädiktor; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Schulleistung; Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache
Abstract	The challenge of translating equity of access into equity of outcome with students from a differentially resourced secondary education system which may have advantaged or disadvantaged them in demonstrating their academic ability in the conventional matriculation/national senior certificate (NSC) examinations necessitated that Universities undertake a review of selection and admissions criteria within the "achievement vs. aptitude" as well as the "NATED vs. National Curriculum Statement (NCS)" discourses. The Faculty of Health Sciences conducted a longitudinal cohort study correlating matriculation/NSC scores, composite and component Alternative Admissions Research Project (AARP) scores and Standardized Assessment Test for Access and Placement (SATAP) English for Academic Purposes scores with average first year performance of all first entry students admitted into programmes offered in the Faculty of Health Sciences in 2008 (matriculants of the NATED curriculum) and 2009 (NSC holders of the outcomes-based education (OBE) curriculum). Results allow the Faculty to confidently use NSC scores as the primary selection tool for students who have received quality secondary education and students whose first language is English. The reasoning test (RT) and placement test in English for educational purposes (PTEEP) as well as composite AARP scores may be used to inform a selection of students whose second language is English and students admitted via alternative access routes respectively, noting that the AARP has since been replaced by the National Benchmark Test (NBT) which consists of commensurate components; thereby addressing equity and redress imperatives while ensuring throughput and success. (Contains 14 tables and 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10