• Computer-based drill and practice games as support tools for English second language learners 

  Cronje, Johannes Christoffel; Herselman, Marlien (South African Association for Language Teaching, 1998-12)

  Computer-based drill and practice games may play an important part in supporting outcomes-based education by automatizing the sub-skills required for life-long learning. South African schools vary in diversity from resource ...
• Antecedents of knowledge sharing behaviour in the public sector 

  Turyahikayo, Everest; Pillay, Venitha; Muhenda, Mary B. (Academic Conferences and Publishing International, 2021)

  This qualitative study investigated antecedents of knowledge sharing in the public sector. Basing on the theory of planned behaviour and literature review, three antecedents guided the conceptualization of the study namely; ...
• Moving from a discourse of access to reading instructional materials to the management and utilisation thereof : Progress International Reading Literature Study at Grade 4 in South Africa 

  Zimmerman, Lisa; Howie, Sarah J. (Unisa Press, 2016-12)

  Two cycles of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) were completed in South Africa in 2006 and 2011. In this article, we investigate the qualities of high-performing reading literacy schools for ...
• High-stakes testing in South Africa : friend or foe? 

  Howie, Sarah J. (Routledge, 2012-02)

  The Jomtien conference in 1990 on Education for All is seen by many as a turning point for the introduction of increased monitoring and evaluation of the quality of education systems around the world. Internationally, ...
• Mathematics, curriculum and assessment : the role of taxonomies in the quest for coherence 

  Long, Caroline; Dunne, Tim; De Kock, Hendrik (AOSIS OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-12)

  A challenge encountered when monitoring mathematics teaching and learning at high school is that taxonomies such as Bloom’s, and variations of this work, are not entirely adequate for providing meaningful feedback to ...
• An investigation of mathematical literacy assessment supported by an application of Rasch measurement 

  Long, Caroline; Bansilal, Sarah; Debba, Rajan (AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-08-26)

  Mathematical Literacy (ML) is a relatively new school subject that learners study in the final 3 years of high school and is examined as a matric subject. An investigation of a 2009 provincial examination written by ...
• A model for assessment : integrating external monitoring with classroom-based practice 

  Long, Caroline; Dunne, Tim; Mokoena, Gabriel (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014-03)

  The rationale for the introduction of standards in the United States in the late 1980s was that the quality of education would improve. Assessment instruments in the form of written tests were constructed in order to ...
• Meeting the requirements of both classroom-based and systemic assessment of mathematics proficiency : the potential of Rasch measurement theory 

  Dunne, Tim; Long, Caroline; Craig, Tracy S.; Venter, Elsie (AOSIS Open Journals, 2012-11-21)

  The challenges inherent in assessing mathematical proficiency depend on a number of factors, amongst which are an explicit view of what constitutes mathematical proficiency, an understanding of how children learn and the ...
• Supporting distance education students : the pilot study of a tutorial model and its impact on students' performance 

  Aluko, Folake Ruth; Hendrikz, Johan (Unisa Press, 2012)

  This pilot study investigates the impact of a tutorial model on the performance of distance education students enrolled for an Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) programme. The aim of the support system is to enhance ...
• Ruimtelike oriëntering en kognitiewe belading as faktore wat leer by blinde leerders in die lewenswetenskappe beïnvloed 

  Maguvhe, Mbulaheni Obert; Gumede, Msongelwa John; Fraser, William John; Schoeman, Henoch (AOSIS Open Journals, 2012-11-28)

  In Suid-Afrika word min navorsing gedoen oor faktore wat kognitiewe belading tydens onderrig en leer beïvloed. Die gebrek rig ’n uitdaging tot ons sosiale aanspreeklikheid teenoor leerders met spesiale onderwysbehoeftes ...
• Development of a model of effectiveness in science education to explore differential science performance : a case of South Africa 

  Cho, Mee-Ok; Scherman, Vanessa; Gaigher, Estelle (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012)

  This paper reports on secondary analysis of TIMSS 2003 data, based on a sound conceptual model, aiming to explain differential science achievement in South Africa from the perspective of educational effectiveness research. ...
• An evaluation of the implementation of the National ICT Policy for Education in Namibian rural science classrooms 

  Ngololo, E.N. (Elizabeth Ndeukumwa); Howie, Sarah J.; Plomp, Tjeerd (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012)

  Information Communication Technology (ICT) implementation in Namibian schools is still in its infancy in rural science classrooms at junior secondary school level. The research reported in this paper adapted the ...
• ODL and access to higher education : the experiences of the University of Botswana 

  Nage-Sibande, B.; Van Vollenhoven, Willem Johannes; Hendrikz, Johan (Unisa Press, 2011)

  This interpretive qualitative study investigated why open and distance learning (ODL) within some dual mode universities seemingly failed to achieve high participation rates, compared to the face-to-face mode of delivery ...
• Inclusion and exclusion in higher education : paradoxes in distance education 

  Aluko, Folake Ruth (Unisa Press, 2011)

  Distance education has been identified as a tool for opening up access to education. In South Africa in particular, the model has been identified as being able to redress past inequities. In this article, the researcher ...
• 2010 FIFA World Cup : gender, politics and sport 

  Pillay, Venitha; Salo, Elaine (Agenda Feminist Media, 2010)

  The euphoria of the 2010 FlFA World Cup in South Africa seems to persist, albeit as faded, scraggy remnants of flags hanging precariously on aerials and the side view mirrors of cars. The cacophony around this event ...
• Contextualizing South Africa's participation in the SITES 2006 module 

  Blignaut, Seugnet; Els, Christo; Howie, Sarah J. (EASA, 2010-11)

  The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) initiated the Second International Technology in Education Study (SITES 2006) - a large-scale comparative survey on the use of Information ...
• Is temperament a key to the success of teaching innovation? 

  Blitz, J.J.; Van Rooyen, M.R.; Cameron, David A.; Pickworth, G.P.; Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog (Open Journals Systems, 2010-08)

  INTRODUCTION: A section of the undergraduate curriculum was revised due to consistently poor student evaluation. The chosen didactic method for achieving this change was reciprocal peer teaching. This innovation may have ...
• Proficiency in the multiplicative conceptual field : using Rasch measurement to identify levels of competence 

  Long, Caroline; Dunne, Tim; Craig, Tracy S. (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2010)

  In the transition years, Grades 7 to 9, the shift from natural numbers to rational numbers and the associated multiplicative concepts prove challenging for many learners. The new concepts, operations and notation must ...
• Health of the street child : the relation between life-style, immunity and HIV/AIDS - a synergy of research 

  Van Rooyen, Linda; Hartell, Cycil George (EASA, 2002)

  A scrutiny and synergy of the research that was done on the health of street children revealed the relation between their poor living conditions and unhealthy life style and their depleted immune systems which, even in the ...
• Reading race : the curriculum as a site of transformation 

  Esakov, Heidi-Jane (Unisa Press, 2009)

  This article looks at social transformation at a former whites-only Afrikaans university from beyond the conventional focus of demographic reform. Rather, in using a qualitative case study, it broadly explores how ...

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