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The possible effect of food supplements in the early grades on intelligence scores
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27240 The possible effect of food supplements in the early grades on intelligence scores Bester, Suzanne Maree, J.G. (Kobus) carlaroets@gmail.com Feenstra, Carla Micronutrients Psychological testing Learner Malnutrition Cognitive development The paper and pencil games level 3 True experimental design Pre-test – post-test control group design UCTD Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2011. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a meal supplement fortified with micronutrients would, statistically, significantly improve the intelligence scores of Grade 3 and 4 learners. The data collection procedures in this study took the form of a pre-test – post-test control group design. The Paper and Pencil Games (PPG) Level 3, a standardised psychological test, was administered before and after the respondents were exposed to the meal supplements. For a treatment period of 16 weeks the experimental group received the meal supplement fortified with micronutrients and the control group the meal supplement without any added micronutrients. Data analysis took the form of statistical analysis to determine whether the meal supplements consumed by those in the experimental group could significantly contribute to improving their intelligence scores. The results indicated statistically significant increases in scores, between the pretest and post-test on the various scales of the PPG, of both the experimental and control group on the one hand, but no statistically significant differences between the two treatment groups on the post-test on the other. The null hypothesis that there are no (statistically significant) differences between the average post-test scores (V, NV, and T) of the experimental and control groups could not be rejected. However, the increase between the pre-test and post-test stanine scores of the two treatment groups has led to recommendations for further research. Copyright Educational Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T11:00:08Z 2012-08-14 2013-09-07T11:00:08Z 2012-04-18 2011 2012-08-13 Dissertation Feenstra, C 2011, The possible effect of food supplements in the early grades on intelligence scores, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27240 > F12/4/256/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27240 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08132012-110141/ © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Micronutrients Psychological testing Learner Malnutrition Cognitive development The paper and pencil games level 3 True experimental design Pre-test – post-test control group design UCTD The possible effect of food supplements in the early grades on intelligence scores |
| title | The possible effect of food supplements in the early grades on intelligence scores |
| title_full | The possible effect of food supplements in the early grades on intelligence scores |
| title_fullStr | The possible effect of food supplements in the early grades on intelligence scores |
| title_full_unstemmed | The possible effect of food supplements in the early grades on intelligence scores |
| title_short | The possible effect of food supplements in the early grades on intelligence scores |
| title_sort | possible effect of food supplements in the early grades on intelligence scores |
| topic | Micronutrients Psychological testing Learner Malnutrition Cognitive development The paper and pencil games level 3 True experimental design Pre-test – post-test control group design UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27240 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08132012-110141/ |