Success profiling: A methodological perspective on the interactive nature of success predictors on student performance at an open and distance learning institution
The drive to improve the academic performance of students at an open and distance learning (ODL) institution has resulted in the incorporation of a blended learning component, namely satellite classes, in the learning strategy to enhance the academic performance of first year diploma students in Bu...
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The drive to improve the academic performance of students at an open and distance learning (ODL) institution has resulted in the incorporation of a blended learning component, namely satellite classes, in the learning strategy to enhance the academic performance of first year diploma students in Business Management and Management. Monitoring this intervention to justify implementation costs (Mathur & Oliver, 2007:3) and effectiveness in relation to student performance is essential. Whereas an initial study confirmed a statistically significant relationship between satellite class attendance and academic performance, this study evaluated the interaction effect of satellite classes and additional, potential success predictors on academic performance by applying the Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detector (CHAID) methodology. This decision tree methodology described the interactive driving forces that impacted on student success. Satellite class intervention and biographical student attributes constituted the driving forces. The CHAID analysis enabled the profiling of successful and at-risk students. The decision tree algorithm mimics true life situations where various effects interactively and jointly influence and predict an outcome. The results showed that satellite class intervention as such was an effective and significant predictor of performance, but that the critical interacting nature of satellite class attendance and additional co-predictors, such as population group and type of matriculation certificate, considerably strengthened performance prediction.
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| spelling | doaj.art-17c6176691e64637ba135ec8a77b8bea2024-03-07T11:18:55ZengUniversity of the Free StatePerspectives in Education0258-22362519-593X2010-06-01282Success profiling: A methodological perspective on the interactive nature of success predictors on student performance at an open and distance learning institutionHélène Müller0Elana Swanepoel1Andreas de Beer2University of South AfricaUniversity of South AfricaUniversity of South Africa The drive to improve the academic performance of students at an open and distance learning (ODL) institution has resulted in the incorporation of a blended learning component, namely satellite classes, in the learning strategy to enhance the academic performance of first year diploma students in Business Management and Management. Monitoring this intervention to justify implementation costs (Mathur & Oliver, 2007:3) and effectiveness in relation to student performance is essential. Whereas an initial study confirmed a statistically significant relationship between satellite class attendance and academic performance, this study evaluated the interaction effect of satellite classes and additional, potential success predictors on academic performance by applying the Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detector (CHAID) methodology. This decision tree methodology described the interactive driving forces that impacted on student success. Satellite class intervention and biographical student attributes constituted the driving forces. The CHAID analysis enabled the profiling of successful and at-risk students. The decision tree algorithm mimics true life situations where various effects interactively and jointly influence and predict an outcome. The results showed that satellite class intervention as such was an effective and significant predictor of performance, but that the critical interacting nature of satellite class attendance and additional co-predictors, such as population group and type of matriculation certificate, considerably strengthened performance prediction. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/pie/article/view/27ODLBlended learning interventionBusiness managementSuccess profileSatellite class attendanceStudent performance |
| spellingShingle | Hélène Müller Elana Swanepoel Andreas de Beer Success profiling: A methodological perspective on the interactive nature of success predictors on student performance at an open and distance learning institution Perspectives in Education ODL Blended learning intervention Business management Success profile Satellite class attendance Student performance |
| title | Success profiling: A methodological perspective on the interactive nature of success predictors on student performance at an open and distance learning institution |
| title_full | Success profiling: A methodological perspective on the interactive nature of success predictors on student performance at an open and distance learning institution |
| title_fullStr | Success profiling: A methodological perspective on the interactive nature of success predictors on student performance at an open and distance learning institution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Success profiling: A methodological perspective on the interactive nature of success predictors on student performance at an open and distance learning institution |
| title_short | Success profiling: A methodological perspective on the interactive nature of success predictors on student performance at an open and distance learning institution |
| title_sort | success profiling a methodological perspective on the interactive nature of success predictors on student performance at an open and distance learning institution |
| topic | ODL Blended learning intervention Business management Success profile Satellite class attendance Student performance |
| url | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/pie/article/view/27 |
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