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Using Decision Tree Analysis to Understand Foundation Science Student Performance. Insight Gained at One South African University
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Kirby, Nicola Frances; Dempster, Edith Roslyn – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
The Foundation Programme of the Centre for Science Access at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa provides access to tertiary science studies to educationally disadvantaged students who do not meet formal faculty entrance requirements. The low number of students proceeding from the programme into mainstream is of concern, particularly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Youth, Disadvantaged Schools, Regression (Statistics)