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Browsing Education by UP Author "Scherman, Vanessa"
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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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Scherman, Vanessa; Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog (Unisa Press, 2008)The aim of this article is to report on the strategies which were used to teach research design to Masters students, as part of my professional development as higher education practitioner. The focus is on exploring the ...
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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. ...
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Combrinck, Celeste; Scherman, Vanessa; Maree, David J.F. (Sage, 2017-09)The monitoring of learning over time is critical for determining progression within and across cohorts of learners. This research investigated the use of the Rasch Measurement Model to determine the functioning of anchor ...
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Cho, Mee-Ok; Scherman, Vanessa; Gaigher, Estelle (University of the Free State, 2014-12)This paper reports on secondary analysis of TIMSS 2003 data with the aim of explaining the difference in science achievement of Korean and South African learners. The question asked by this research, i.e. which factors ...
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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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Scherman, Vanessa; Zimmerman, Lisa; Howie, Sarah J.; Bosker, Roel (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State (since April 2010) For older articles: Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2014-03)In South Africa, very few standard-setting exercises are carried out in education and, if they are, teachers are not involved in their execution. As a result, there is no clear understanding of what the standard is and how ...
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Scherman, Vanessa; Smit, Brigitte; Archer, Elizabeth (Vaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africa, 2013-07)There has been an increased emphasis on providing schools with feedback on performance of learners with the aim of improving the quality of education. However, if feedback on learner performance is to be effectively used ...
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