Factors Impacting Academic Performance of First-Year Accountancy Students at Walter Sisulu University

Autor/inn/en	Matarirano, Obert; Panicker, Manoj; Atoliyah, Charles; Mangisa, Zimasa
Titel	Factors Impacting Academic Performance of First-Year Accountancy Students at Walter Sisulu University
Quelle	In: Africa Education Review, 17 (2020) 1, S.83-99 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Matarirano, Obert)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-6627
DOI	10.1080/18146627.2018.1477514
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Accounting; College Freshmen; Required Courses; High Schools; Geographic Location; College Admission; Correlation; Rural Urban Differences; English; Mathematics; Academic Achievement; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Abrechnung; Buchführung; Buchhaltung; Studienanfänger; Pflichtkurs; High school; Oberschule; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Korrelation; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; English language; Englisch; Mathematik; Schulleistung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article reports on a study that investigated the impact that scores in prerequisite high school subjects and location had on academic performance of first-time entering students registered for the National Higher Certificate (NHC) Accountancy qualification in the 2012 and 2013 academic years at Walter Sisulu University (WSU), Butterworth Campus, South Africa. Using a quantitative approach, the study was a desktop survey where data on 84 students was obtained from the student administration and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. The relationship between student academic performance and high school matriculation scores was tested using Pearson correlation tests. To test the impact of high school location, the means of student performances per each identified location were compared using Analysis of Variance. The students' matriculation scores in accounting were the only factor that was found to have a statistically significant relationship with their academic performance. The findings implied that the students' high school performance in accounting correlates positively with the performance of NHC Accountancy students. As such, it should be a key admission requirement into the programme if performance in this field is to be improved. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01