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(Department of Basic Education, 2023)The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) assesses reading comprehension and monitors trends and indicators of growth in reading literacy at five-year intervals. This project falls under the auspices ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Emphasis has been placed nationally and internationally by parents, schools and communities on reading literacy skills as it is essential to be able to participate in today’s society. Reading and literacy skills underpin ...
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(Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), 2017)How well do South African Grade 4 learners read when compared internationally and locally in the 11 official languages? Can Grade 4 learners read for meaning by the end of their scholastic year? These are but some of the ...
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(Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), 2017)The Grade 5 reading literacy achievement of learners who wrote in Afrikaans, English and isiZulu are reported in the PIRLS 2016 highlights report. The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is a worldwide ...
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(Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), 2017)The difference between reading on-line and reading on paper for Grade 5 learners in Gauteng was explored in a multiple case study when South Africa participated in ePIRLS 2016. The Progress in International Reading ...
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(Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), 2012)After participation in PIRLS 2006, South Africa participated in once again in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2011). In PIRLS 2011, the South African study assessed a Grade 5 population in an ...
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(Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), 2007)The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is an international comparative survey of reading literacy of Grade 4 (9 year-old) learners. The study was established to provide countries with information about ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This study compares the different primary school language of instruction models found in South Africa for performance on the higher-order reading comprehension processes tested in the international, large-scale assessment, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Post-Apartheid South Africa has undergone an educational language policy shift from only Afrikaans and English in education to the representation of all 11 official languages: Afrikaans, English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, isiNdebele, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The study aims to determine the effect of parental involvement on the reading literacy abilities of Grade 4 learners. Literacy is a fundamental skill needed to successfully function in a country’s economy, as well as broader ...
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(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 ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-02-11)Die prestasies van Suid-Afrikaanse leerders in internasionaal vergelykende studies bly voortdurend swak, wat vrae laat ontstaan oor die kwaliteit van onderwys wat aan Suid- Afrikaanse kinders gebied word in die verskillende ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-14)This study draws on the preProgress in International Reading Literacy Study (prePIRLS) 2011 data. It aims to illustrate the effect of early home literacy activities and the early introduction of reading skills and ...
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(EASA, 2014-08)This study aims to identify factors that predict reading literacy achievement among Grade 4 learners in South Africa by utilising aspects of Carroll’s model of school learning. The study draws on the preProgress in ...
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(Routledge, 2012-01)This paper reports on the South African results of a study to identify and explain relationships between some major factors associated with successful reading at Grade 5. With 11 official languages, educational policy ...