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Howie, Sarah J.; Scherman, Vanessa (Elsevier, 2008)In the past politics deprived many African children (in particular) in South Africa the opportunity of achieving quality education. This was most especially true in subjects such as mathematics and science. In this research ...
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Assessing the attainment of learner outcomes in Natural Science of the new South African curriculum Hattingh, Annemarie; Rogan, John M.; Aldous, Colleen; Howie, Sarah J.; Venter, Elsie (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2005)The second phase of the Mpumalanga Secondary Science Initiative (MSSI) was launched in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa in 2003. The MSSI seeks to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics and science in all secondary ...
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Fraser, William John; Howie, Sarah J.; Plomp, Tjeerd (Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2003-03)Assessment is back. There is undoubtedly a transnational preoccupation with the national performance of education systems, performance-based pedagogies, and the assessment of student learning. The shift from educational ...
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Potgieter, Marietjie; Rogan, John M.; Howie, Sarah J. (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2005)Incoming chemistry students at tertiary institutions have a variety of academic backgrounds that influence their prospects of success at first-year level. The proficiencies of incoming students are currently changing due ...
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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 ...
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Howie, Sarah J.; Venter, Elsie; Van Staden, Surette (Taylor & Francis, 2008)South Africa's rich multicultural society is reflected by 11 official languages. The Language in Education policy stipulates that children should start learning at school in their home language until Grade 3. In most ...
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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 ...
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Archer, Elizabeth; Scherman, Vanessa; Coe, Robert; Howie, Sarah J. (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010-03)Reform and improvement are imperative in the current South African education system. Monitoring of school and learner achievement is an essential for establishing praxis for school improvement. Diversity of culture and ...
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Howie, Sarah J.; Scherman, Vanessa; Venter, Elsie (Taylor & Francis, 2008)South Africa’s education system is still deep in the throes of reform under its third Minister of Education since 1994. Poor communities, in particular those of rural Africans, bear the brunt of the past inequalities. ...
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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, ...
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Howie, Sarah J.; Plomp, Tjeerd (Elsevier, 2008)
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Howie, Sarah J. (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2003)South Africa participated in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 1995 and again in 1999 (TIMSS-Repeat) and in both studies the performance was extremely low compared to the other countries in ...
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Van Putten, Sonja; Howie, Sarah J.; Stols, Gerrit Hendrikus (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010-12)This study investigated the attitude towards, as well as the level of understanding of Euclidean geometry in pre-service mathematics education (PME) students. In order to do so, a case study was undertaken within which a ...
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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 ...
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Combrinck, Celeste; Scherman, Vanessa; Maree, David J.F.; Howie, Sarah J. (Sage, 2018)Missing Not at Random (MNAR) data present challenges for the social sciences, especially when combined with Missing Completely at Random (MCAR) data for dichotomous test items. Missing data on a Grade 8 Science test for ...
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Howie, Sarah J. (Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2004-06)South Africa has only recently introduced national systemic assessments at Grades 3, 6 and 9 into policy and conducted its first national assessment (Grade 3). Prior to this, South Africa had no systemic monitoring of the ...
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Howie, Sarah J. (University of Pretoria, 2011-08-04)GEHALTEONDERRIG VIR ALMAL - SUID-AFRIKA SE SOEKE NA DIE "HEILIGE GRAAL" ? aangebied deur prof Sarah Howie. Internasionale agentskappe fokus die afgelope twee dekades op "onderwys vir almal". Op 'n vasteland waar "onderwys ...
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Van Staden, Surette; Howie, Sarah J. (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 ...
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Van Staden, Surette; Howie, Sarah J. (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)This study reports on a doctoral investigation (Van Staden, 2010) to identify and explain relationships between some major learner- and school-level factors associated with successful reading in Grade 5. South African ...
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The role of needs assessment in developing competence-based education in Mozambican higher education Kouwenhoven, Wim; Howie, Sarah J.; Plomp, Tjeerd (Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2003-04)Valid and reliable assessment of learning depends, amongst other things, on the precise definition of the outcomes and the expected results, as well as on the comprehensive description of performance criteria. In a ...
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