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PREDICTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
Author(s) -
BETHLEHEM D. W.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1973.tb02273.x
Subject(s) - psychology , mathematics education , sample (material) , developmental psychology , chromatography , chemistry
S ummary . Zambian students filled in questionnaires developed in Britain measuring efficiency of study methods and motivation, and an experimental group received tutoring in how to study efficiently. The scales proved reliable. The scores of Zambian students were significantly higher than those of a British sample. Scores on both the study methods and the motivation scales correlated significantly more highly with grades in Zambia than they did in Britain, despite the restricted range of results in many courses. The special tutoring in study methods resulted in significantly higher grades for second year students compared with a similar control group which did not receive such tutoring.