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Assessing the effectiveness of academic development programmes: A statistical analysis of graduation rates across three programmes

Author: Smith, Leonard; Case, Jenni; van Walbeek, Corne Date: 28 May 2015 This article reports on a study that used statistical analysis to estimate the impact of the first-year academic development (AD) courses offered by three diverse AD programmes (in the commerce, engineering and science faculties) at the same ... Read more
Becoming an academic : a study of learning to judge student performance in three disciplines at a South African university

Author: Jawitz, Jeffrey Paul Date: 2007 This study seeks to understand how new academics learn to judge student performance in complex assessment tasks, i.e. tasks that allow students substantial initiative and latitude in their response. It was conducted at a research intensive ... Read more
A bourdieuian analysis of foundation programmes within the field of engineering education : two South African case studies

Author: Kloot, Bruce Date: 2011 While analyses of foundation programmes have traditionally focused on pedagogical innovations, curriculum design or student experience, this thesis investigates social structures in order to examine the potential that foundation programmes, ... Read more
Characterization of gold catalysts for methanol synthesis

Author: Van Heerden, Tracey Date: 2012 The activity (per mass of catalyst) of supported gold catalysts across a range of reduction and oxidation reactions is significantly affected by the average crystallite size of the gold crystallites in the catalyst. Supported gold catalysts ... Read more
A classroom of life : a qualitative analysis of the reflections of medical students on their entry into an obstetric community of practice

Author: Draper, George Date: 2006 This study looks at how students describe their entry into an Obstetric community of practice.In common with other Health Science Faculties in South Africa the MBChB curriculum offered by the University of Cape Town is in a state of transition ... Read more
Contradictions in the situational logic of the university: implications for student success

Author: Kotta, Linda ; Case, Jenni ; Luckett, Kathy Date: 2014 Nearly sixteen years into the new democracy, student success at South African universities continues to be differentiated along lines of race. The tendency has been to define the problem in terms of student deficit. This article suggests that ... Read more c b
The effect of selected academic development programmes on the academic performance of academic development students at a South African university : an empirical study.

Author: Smith, Leonard Cowper Date: 2012 The case studies that make up this thesis cover the three largest academic development programmes at the University of Cape Town. A variety of statistical methods are used to estimate the effect of educational interventions in selected first- ... Read more
Kolb Interrupted : An investigation into students' experience of an experiential learning approach to entrepreneurship education

Author: Marks, Jonathan Tresman Date: 2012 Entrepreneurial activity is widely regarded as a primary driver of socio-economic development. Alongside structural and systemic support, entrepreneurship education is a critical factor in improving entrepreneurial activity. While entrepreneurship ... Read more
Mind the gap: science and engineering education at the secondary-tertiary interface

Author: Case, Jenni ; Marshall, Delia ; Grayson, Diane Date: 2013 In the South African higher education sector, there is increasing concern about the poor retention and throughput rates of undergraduate students. There is also concern that the participation rates in higher education, relative to population ... Read more c b
Problem solving in chemical engineering : a study of the solution of mass balance problems by second year students

Author: Dhliwayo, Evelyn Chengetanai Date: 2002 Bibliography: leaves 106-111 Read more
Structural conditioning and mediation by student agency : a case study of success in chemical engineerng design

Author: Kotta, Linda Thokozile Date: 2011 The study, informed by Bhaskar’s realist philosophy for social science, seeks to provide an explanation for the differential success rates in a final year chemical engineering design course. Read more
Student success in an introductory engineering course : an investigation of approach to learning and cultural capital

Author: Setlogelo, Disaapele Gleopadra Date: 2008 The construct of approach to learning has proved to be powerful in explaining differences in students' experiences of learning in higher education. However this construct does not explain the impact that students' socio-economic background ... Read more
Sustainable development as a threshold concept : an investigation into chemical engineering students' knowledge

Author: Sibanda, Lesley Kudakwashe Date: 2011 These studies aimed to investigate the sustainability conceptions held by engineering students and to assess their level of knowledge on sustainability concepts. The findings revealed that the level of knowledge is poor and engineering students ... Read more
Synthesis and characterisation of carbon supported gold catalysts prepared by ion-exchange

Author: Beeming, Brendan Albert Date: 2008 Gold has been previously overlooked as a catalyst, mainly because the metal has been regarded as catalytically inert, and was tested as large aggregates, and not as nanocrystallites. Large crystallites of gold do not exhibit significant ... Read more
Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource]

Author: Toerien, René Date: 2013 The unique knowledge that teachers possess Shulman called pedagogical content knowledge or PCK. In the following 25 years many scholars have conceptualised PCK, and only recently, with an international PCK Summit, have attempts been made to ... Read more
UCT Laptop Project Report and Appendices

Author: Brown, Cheryl ; Chernotsky, Kira ; Marquard, Stephen ; Fellingham, Kevin Date: 24 Feb 2016 In 2017 the University of Cape Town made a decision to roll out a programme to provide a new laptop to every first year undergraduate student fully funded through the National Student Financial Aid Scheme see http://mg.co.za/article/2017-02 ... Read more c b
The use of inventories in student learning research : a case study

Author: Short, Heidi Date: 2006 This study examines the practical use of student learning inventories in the higher education setting, using Vermunt's (1998) Inventory of Learning Styles in the context of a second year Business Statistics course at the University of Cape ... Read more