Exploring the influence of students’ Matric Accounting knowledge on the successful completion of a BCom Accounting mainstream degree: A comparative study at a university in the Western Cape
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Date
2022
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Stellenbosch University
Abstract
Studies conducted nationally found that students with Matric Accounting knowledge performed
significantly better than students without it in university-level Accounting modules (Baard,
Steenkamp, and Kidd 2010; Papageorgiou 2017; Steenkamp, Baard, and Frick 2009). However,
the reality at South African universities is that Accounting as a school subject is not always a
requirement to pursue BCom Accounting studies. This situation means that at certain universities,
Accounting as a school subject is not taken into consideration for this degree, while this is the
case at some universities.
This study focuses on two cohorts of students enrolled for the mainstream programme in
2017‒2019 at a South African university.
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Higher education, Bcom Accounting, Western Cape, Matric Accounting knowledge, South African universities
Citation
Williams, B. et al. (2022). Exploring the influence of students’ Matric Accounting knowledge on the successful completion of a BCom Accounting mainstream degree: A comparative study at a university in the Western Cape. South African Journal of Higher Education, 36 (2), 280-96. https://doi.org/10.20853/36-2-4550.