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SUMMARY:The transition from high school Physics to first-year Physics: How
  well prepared are our students?
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Paul Molefe (University of Johannesburg)\nPremature 
 withdrawal from university due to academic failure has the potential to pr
 esent problems to both students and educators. The demand from industry fo
 r a larger pool of science and engineering graduates in South Africa is in
  line with international norms. This state of affairs is compounded by a s
 hrinking pool of good quality school leavers. For the desired growth in gr
 aduate numbers to occur\, physics educators are required to respond effect
 ively through curriculum reform to optimize success and retention of stude
 nts at first year level. The research project in this regard aims to inves
 tigate the level of preparedness in relation to Physics I students and to 
 identify key success factors in this course. This course is compulsory for
  most first year science students and is largely perceived as difficult in
  comparison with other first year courses. More students are pursuing Phys
 ical Science at school and consequently study science\, engineering and te
 chnology at universities (DoE\, 2010) and University of Johannesburg is no
  exception. For many students\, the first year at university represents a 
 transition during which a variety of academic and social challenges are en
 countered. To this end\, students’ entry-level preparedness was investig
 ated through analysis of their high school examination results\, administr
 ation of a diagnostic test and first year university assessment results. T
 he results reveal that high school examination results appear not to be th
 e only independent factor characterising students’ readiness for first y
 ear physics studies at university.\n\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/7/c
 ontributions/5155/
LOCATION: Acro7
URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/7/contributions/5155/
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