Verband tussen voeding en die leesprestasie van graad 4-leerders in Suid-Afrika : bevindinge van prePIRLS 2011

dc.contributor.authorVan Staden, Surette
dc.contributor.emailsurette.vanstaden@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-22T10:00:38Z
dc.date.available2013-10-22T10:00:38Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-30
dc.description.abstractDie effek van voeding op leerderprestasie was al die onderwerp van menige studie. Bewyse wat die oorsaaklike verhouding tussen voeding en prestasie staaf, bestaan egter nie. Op nasionale vlak belê die Departement van Basiese Onderwys tyd, moeite en geldelike hulpbronne in ’n Nasionale Skoolvoedingsprogram in ’n poging om die gesondheid van Suid- Afrika se armste leerders te beskerm en om ’n bydrae tot hul opvoeding te maak. Teen hierdie agtergrond ondersoek die huidige studie patrone in die leesgeletterd van graad 4-leerlinge, wat geassosieer word met die response van onderwysers oor leerdervoeding, deur gebruik te maak van die Suid-Afrikaanse data van die Pre-Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (prePIRLS) 2011. Volledige verslae van onderwysers oor die mate waartoe onderrig beϊnvloed word deur leerders se gebrek aan basiese voeding word aangebied, terwyl verslae van onderwysers volgens taalgroep ook oorweeg word in ’n poging om beter insig te verkry in patrone van prestasie op ’n gedisaggregeerde vlak. Resultate vir die huidige studie bevestig bestaande literatuur, naamlik dat ’n oorsaaklike verband tussen voeding en leesprestasie nie sonder twyfel vasgestel kan word nie. Nieteenstaande die gebrek aan oorsaaklike bewyse, behoort nasionale skoolvoedingsprogramme egter nie gediskrediteer of gestaak te word nie. Sulke programme kan moontlik juis van waarde wees wanneer realistiese doelwitte gestel word met die oog op verbeterde ondersteuning vir leerders.af
dc.description.abstractThe effect of nutrition on learner achievement has been the subject of many studies. Inconclusive evidence of the effect of nutrition on achievement and more specifically the causal relationship between nutrition and achievement exists, thereby emphasising the complex nature of the relationship. At national level, the Department of Basic Education invests time, effort and monetary resources in a National School Nutrition Programme in efforts to safeguard the health of South Africa’s poorest learners in attempts to make a contribution to their education. Against this background, this paper explores patterns in Grade 4 reading literacy achievement that is associated with teacher reports of learner nutrition by making use of the preProgress in International Reading Literacy Study (prePIRLS) 2011 South African data. Comprehensive teacher reports on the extent to which teaching is affected by learners’ lack of basic nutrition are presented, while teacher reports according to language group are also presented in attempts to gain better insights in patterns of achievement at a disaggregated level. Results for the current study support existing literature, namely that a causal link between nutrition and reading literacy achievement cannot be confirmed beyond doubt. National school feeding schemes should neither be discredited nor stopped despite the lack of such causal evidence. Such programmes could in fact be of value if realistic targets are set with a view to improved support for learners.en_US
dc.description.librarianam2013en_US
dc.description.librariangv2013
dc.description.urihttp://www.satnt.ac.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationVan Staden, S., 2013, 'Die verband tussen voeding en die leesprestasie van graad 4-leerders in Suid-Afrika: bevindinge van prePIRLS 2011', Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie 32(1), Art #399, 7 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/satnt.v32i1.399af
dc.identifier.issn0254-3486 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2222-4173 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/satnt.v32i1.399
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/32101
dc.language.isoAfrikaansen_US
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_US
dc.rights© 2013. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectVoedingen_US
dc.subjectLeerderprestasieen_US
dc.subjectLeesgeletterden_US
dc.subjectGraad 4-leerdersen_US
dc.subjectPre-Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (prePIRLS) 2011en_US
dc.subject.lcshLiteracy -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshNutrition -- School children -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshReading -- Ability testing -- South Africaen
dc.subject.otherpre-PIRLSen
dc.titleVerband tussen voeding en die leesprestasie van graad 4-leerders in Suid-Afrika : bevindinge van prePIRLS 2011af
dc.typeArticleen_US

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