Combrinck, Celeste; Van Staden, Surette; Roux, Karen(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 ...
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is a large-scale reading comprehension assessment, which assesses Grade 4 learners’ reading literacy achievement. The findings from the last cycle of PIRLS 2016 ...
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 ...
Roux, Karen; Van Staden, Surette; Elizabeth J. Pretorius(University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Education and Development, 2022-07)
This study forms part of a larger study (Roux, 2020), which looked at the equivalence of a literary text across
English, Afrikaans, and isiZulu from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). PIRLS is ...
BACKGROUND : South Africa’s participation across a number of international large-scale
assessment programmes provides continued evidence of poor student achievement across
grades and phases. Despite discouraging achievement ...
