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An analysis of the textual practices of undergraduate and postgraduate novice writers in law

Author: Greenbaum, Lesley Anne ; Bangeni, Abongwe Date: 2013 Criticisms in the media and in the law professions about the writing skills of law graduates have drawn attention to the challenges that novice law students experience in acquiring these skills at the foundation level. Our research project ... Read more
Approaches to predictive studies: Possibilities and challenges

Author: Visser, A J ; Hanslo, M Date: 2005 This article investigates methodological issues associated with predictive studies related to selection and access to Higher Education. These issues are discussed in the context of tests designed and administered by the Alternative Admissions ... Read more
Avoiding frustrations of unprepared students with online quizzes

Author: Campbell, Anita ; Rajaratnam, Kanshukan Date: 2013 The hierarchical nature of many degrees enables higher-level courses to build on knowledge that has been developed in earlier courses. However, when students enter with weak prior knowledge, lecturers have to spend time addressing this before ... Read more c b
Conceptions of mathematics and student identity: implications for engineering education

Author: Craig, Tracy S Date: 2013 Lecturers of first-year mathematics often have reason to believe that students enter university studies with naive conceptions of mathematics and that more mature conceptions need to be developed in the classroom. Students' conceptions of the ... Read more
Concerns about the South African Mathematical Literacy curriculum arising from experience of materials development

Author: Bowie, Lynn ; Frith, Vera Date: 2006 In this paper we reflect on our experience of developing mathematical literacy material for the Further Education and Training (FET) band in South African schools, adult learners, university students and for participants in a youth development ... Read more
Cosmic electromagnetic fields due to perturbations in the gravitational field

Author: Mongwane, Bishop ; Dunsby, Peter K S ; Osano, Otieno Bob Date: 2012 We use non-linear gauge-invariant perturbation theory to study the interaction of an inflation produced seed magnetic field with density and gravitational wave perturbations in an almost Friedmann-Lemaˆıtre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) spacetime ... Read more
A critical discourse analysis of a real-world problem in mathematics: looking for signs of change

Author: Le Roux, Kate Date: 2008 The concepts of 'access' and 'relevance' feature prominently in the discourse of change in mathematics education in South Africa. One way in which these concepts have been played out in mathematics classrooms is in the use of mathematical ... Read more
A critical discourse analysis of practical problems in a foundation mathematics course at a South African university

Author: Le Roux, Kate ; Adler, Jill Date: 2016 Mathematical problems that make links to the everyday and to disciplines other than mathematics—variously referred to as practical, realistic, real-world or applied problems in the literature—feature in school and undergraduate mathematics ... Read more
The design and use of 'alternate'assessments of academic literacy as selection mechanisms in higher education

Author: Cliff, Alan ; Hanslo, Monique Date: 2009 In a context where applicants to higher education study vary widely in terms of their prior educational, linguistic and socio-economic backgrounds, it becomes extremely important to assess the extent to which these applicants might be said ... Read more
'Did I say that?' A follow-up study of the shifts in black and women staff experiences of institutional culture in the health science faculty of the University of Cape Town

Author: Ismail, Salma Date: 2007 This paper is a follow-up study of how women and black staff experience the institutional culture in the Health Sciences Faculty at the University of Cape Town. The original study was undertaken in 2001 and a follow-up of the same participants ... Read more
Does belonging matter? Exploring the role of social connectedness as a critical factor in students' transition to higher education

Author: Pym, June ; Goodman, Suki ; Patsika, Natasha Date: 2011 Widening access to Higher Education throughout the world has meant an increase in the number of students who do not necessarily have the types of capital that universities require. This means an increasing need to engage with the issues that ... Read more
Effectiveness of a GUM-compliant course for teaching measurement in the introductory physics laboratory

Author: Pillay, Seshini ; Buffler, Andy ; Lubben, Fred ; Allie, Saalih Date: 2008 An evaluation of a course aimed at developing university students' understanding of the nature of scientific measurement and uncertainty is described. The course materials follow the framework for metrology as recommended in the Guide to the ... Read more
Enhancing students' learning through practical knowledge taught by industry professionals

Author: Rajaratnam, Kanshukan ; Campbell, Anita Date: 2013 A topic of interest in teaching business courses is incorporating the practical aspect of the subject matter into teaching as this helps to bridge theory and real-world practice. Research indicates that students gain a deeper understanding ... Read more c b
An exploration of the impact of students' prior genre knowledge on their constructions of 'audience' in a Marketing course at a postgraduate level.

Author: Bangeni, Bongi Date: 2013 This article explores the development of audience awareness for two English additional language (EAL) graduate students making the transition from undergraduate Social Science disciplines into the professional discipline of Marketing at a ... Read more
Facilitating adjustment to higher education: towards enhancing academic functioning in an academic development programme

Author: Davidowitz, Bette ; Schreiber, Birgit Date: 2008 Several studies have emphasised the importance of addressing social and emotional factors in facilitating adjustment to tertiary education. This article describes the Skills for Success in Science programme at the University of Cape Town. The ... Read more
Flu viruses a lucky community and cosine graphs: the possibilities opened up by the use of a socio-political perspective to study learning in an undergraduate access course in mathematics

Author: Le Roux, Kate Date: 2009 In this paper I present a perspective of mathematics education and learning, termed a 'sociopolitical perspective'. Classroom mathematical activity, in which certain ways of acting, behaving and knowing are given value, is located in a wider ... Read more
A framework for understanding the quantitative demands of higher education

Author: Frith, Vera ; Prince, R N Date: 2009 For many students entering higher education in South Africa there is an articulation gap between the demands of the curriculum and their competencies. This mismatch is particularly critical in the area of quantitative literacy (mathematical ... Read more
From fixing to possibility: changing a learning model for undergraduate students

Author: Pym, June Date: 2013 This article engages with the work of an equity initiative, the Academic Development (AD) programme in the Education Development Unit (Commerce) at the University of Cape Town. The programme focuses on providing access, improving graduation ... Read more
Getting closer to the community voice in curriculum development: exploring the possibilities

Author: Alperstein, Melanie Date: 2007 Policy in Higher Education in South Africa is urging tertiary institutions to become socially responsive in regard to community development, to produce new knowledge and to produce graduates who are critical and responsive citizens. One method ... Read more
Harnessing agency: towards a learning model for undergraduate students

Author: Pym, June ; Kapp, Rochelle Date: 2013 This article describes a successful academic development programme in a Commerce faculty at a relatively elite, historically white university in South Africa. The writers argue that the programme has managed to achieve good results in recent ... Read more

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