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The use of quality formative assessment to improve student learning in West Ethiopian universities

Fisseha Mikre Weldmeskel (2015-11)

The purpose of this study was to examine the ways by which student learning improvement and the self-regulation of learning are possible through the use of quality formative assessment in the teaching of a university ...
Employees perceptions of performance appraisal in public technical vocational and entrepreneurship training institutions in Zambia

Mwale, Daniel Noah (2016-08)

The purpose of this study was to explore employee perceptions of performance appraisal in two public Technical Education Vocational Entrepreneurship and Training (TEVET) institutions located in the Southern Province of ...
Effective assessment in open distance and e-learning : using the signature courses at the University of South Africa as a model for future practice

Mafenya, Nkhangweleni Patrick (2016-06)

This study was conceptualised within a social-constructivist ontological orientation and, further, uses an interpretive epistemological lens to extract information from the participants who are coming from different life ...
Challenges in the implementation of whole school evaluation at secondary schools in the Libode District, Eastern Cape Province

Madikida, Pakama Patience Patricia (2016-06)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation of Whole School Evaluation (WSE) policy in the Libode District, Eastern Cape Province (ECP). The ECP consists of 23 districts with different learner performance ...
Investigating the needs and challenges of underachieving Grade R learners in a Mitchell’s Plain primary school

Filander, Beranese (2015-10)

Many learners enter Grade 1 underprepared, because they have not had the chance to develop the necessary skills, values or attitudes expected of learners in this year. This results in academic backlogs and school ...
The role of principals in maintaining effective discipline among learners in selected Mauritian state secondary schools : an education management model

Belle, Louis Jinot (2016-06)

Learner discipline is one of the pillars of the education system of any country. However, research studies have found that it has become the number one public health problem in state secondary schools in Mauritius, in ...
Ondersoek na die faktore wat werksbevrediging van opvoeders in voorheen-benadeelde skole in die Worcester-omgewing beinvloed

Aronse, Patrick Arnold (2016-02)

Sedert 1994 het drastiese veranderinge in die Suid-Afrikaanse onderwysstelsel plaasgevind, wat ’n direkte invloed het op die vlak van werkstevredenheid wat opvoeders ervaar. Alhoewel die ongelykhede van die verlede in ...
An evaluation of the effectiveness of a cognitive load based teaching method in a mixed ability grade 9 class, with special attention to learners' attitudes and engagement

David, Joanne Munro (2015-11)
The amalgamation of traditional African values and liberal democratic values in South Africa : implications for conceptions of education

Letseka, Moeketsi (2016)

This study investigated the seemingly conflicting and incompatible ideological positions that post-apartheid South Africa appears to straddle. On the one hand, South Africa is an aspiring liberal democracy courtesy of its ...
The influence of using a scientific calculator in learning fractions : a case study of one school in Gauteng Province

Mutsvangwa, Sekesai Bridget (2016-01)

The main purpose of the research was to investigate the influence of scientific calculators on Grade 8 South African learner's understanding of fractions in learning mathematics. Quasi-experimental quantitative research ...
Challenges experienced by Physical Sciences teachers with the implementation of the Curriculum and assessment policy statement in selected Eastern Cape schools

Koti, Mandla (2016-02)

Learners who take Physical Sciences in the Further Education and Training Phase in Eastern Cape schools have been performing poorly in the subject in the final examinations in Grade 12. This raised the concern of the ...
The role of parents in enhancing academic performance in secondary schools in the Metro-Central Education District, Western Cape

Gwija, Mxhasi (2016)

The role of parents in their children’s education presents significant evidence in schools’ academic results, when parental roles in education are given priority. It is noted that parents play a significant role in improving ...
Online learning experiences of students in the MEd in open and distance learning : a phenomenography of the dual university initiative

Gumbo, Mishack Thiza (2016-09)

This is a phenomenographic study, of which the aim was to explore the variation of experiences, needs, views and understandings through a phenomenographic study of academics who were enrolled in the MEd in Open and Distance ...
The role that the school governing bodies (SGBs) play in the implementation of language policy in Brits District

Mabusela, Gadifele Guilty (2016-02)

The study was conducted in the Brits District. Six schools were chosen of which 3 belonged to the former model C schools where the language of teaching and learning is Afrikaans, and the other 3 schools were previously ...
Enhancing learning through technology: Is there something new?

Tshephe G Dichaba MM (African Academic Research Forum, 2016)
Cultural hegemony in open distance learning: Does it really matter?

Pitsoe V Dichaba MM (MCSER Publishing, 2013)
Reconnoitering the Stimulus of Environmental Education in reducing imporper solid waste disposal: A case of St Marcia School in the Mkhondo Village in Mpumalanga in South Africa

Msezane, Sikhulile Bonginkosi Mudau, Awelani V. (Journal of HUman Ecology, Kamla Raj, 2014)

The paper reports on the exploration of Environmental Education as a stimulus in sustaining land resources which can be degraded by improper solid waste disposal. It is an empirical qualitative case study wherein data was ...
Inskakeling, leiding en ondersteuning van die beginneronderwyser via 'n effektiewe mentorstelsel in Mpumalanga skole

Van Vreden, Marisia Helena (2016-04)

Die studie poog om die doeltreffendheid van beginneronderwysers se aanpassing en ervaring van werksbevrediging in werksomstandighede te hersien. Enige organisasie kan nuwe mense aanstel maar kan nie verwag dat hierdie ...
Challenges of and opportunities for implementing the school improvement programme in the public secondary schools of Iluababor Administrative Zone in Ethiopia

Tekalign Minalu Tirfe (2016-06)

The purpose of the study was to assess Challenges of and Opportunities for Implementing the School improvement Programme in the Public secondary Schools of Iluababor administrative zone in Ethiopia. In the study a mixed ...
Education for peace : a case study of the African Leadership Academy in Gauteng

Tago, Vincent Juma (2016-04)

The purpose of the study was to explore the extent to which peace principles were incorporated into the two-year programme at the African Leadership Academy – a Pan-African school in Gauteng, whose mission is to develop ...

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