NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Burger, Andri; Naudé, Luzelle – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the predictors of academic success of South African students. The study focused on 164 first to fourth year students. The extent to which students' grade 12 performance, the type of high school they attended and their academic self-concepts contributed to their academic success during the entry and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Success, Grade 12
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kibirige, Israel; Lehong, Moyahabo Jeridah – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
The study explored the effect of cooperative learning on Grade 12 learners' performance in projectile motions. A quasi-experimental research design with non-equivalent control group was used. Two schools were purposively selected from Maleboho Central circuit in South Africa based on their performance in Physical Sciences Grade 12 results of 2011.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Grade 12, Cooperative Learning
Laugksch, Rudiger C. – 2000
A survey of the scientific literacy of selected high-school leavers at the secondary/tertiary educational interface in South Africa revealed that taking Physical Science in grade 12, in contrast to Biology, plays a more significant role in the achievement of scientific literacy by these students. An explanation for this result was sought by…
Descriptors: Biology, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, High Schools
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Anderssen, E. C.; And Others – Adolescence, 1992
Examined secondary school students' (n=364) attitudes toward time use. Three constructs of time-use attitudes were identified: passive fatalistic, egoistic, and conscientious. Several significant developmental patterns of time-use attitudes were found for males and females in grades 8, 10, and 12. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Grade 12