Author:Van Heerden, ThomasDate:2019Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) provides a framework for analysing activity systems. I use that framework to investigate teaching and learning in two first-year university mathematics courses at the University of Cape Town. The ...Read more
Author:Reid, Rhiannon SaraDate: 2021The aim of this study was to provide an in-depth understanding of how a single private provider conducted an application for re-accreditation in line with the recently revised accreditation framework set out by the Council on Higher Education. ...Read more
Author:Cliff, Alan; Montero, EilianaDate:2010Two experiences are described related to the challenge of maximizing excellence and equity in admission for Higher Education. At the University of Costa Rica (UCR) a test of reasoning with figures is being developed and validated to measure ...Read morecbnd
Author:Scholtz, Desiree LeonoraDate:2015Standardised testing gained prominence in the South African higher education sector in the last decade, largely as a means of providing information to identify students who might require additional academic support and for placements onto ...Read more
Author:Moore, ColleenDate:2005In South Africa, applicants to Higher Education come from diverse socio-economic, language and educational backgrounds. Within this context many researchers (e.g. Yeld 2001; Cliff 2003) suggest that school-leaving results may not adequately ...Read more
Author:Cliff, Alan; Hanslo, MoniqueDate:2009In 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
Author:Cliff, Alan; Montero, EilianaDate:2010Two experiences are described related to the challenge of maximizing excellence and equity in admission for Higher Education. At the University of Costa Rica (UCR) a test of reasoning with figures is being developed and validated to measure ...Read morecbd
Author:Cliff, AlanDate:23 Dec 2014he National Benchmark Tests Project (NBTP) was commissioned by Higher Education South Africa and became operational in 2009. One of the main aims of the NBTP is to assess the extent to which entry-level students might be said to be ready to ...Read more
Author:Naidoo, DavidDate: 2021Despite the ongoing global conflicts, wars, disputes and crises which face the world, education is one of the forces enabling global unity. Cultural enrichment, through ‘semesters away,' student exchange programmes and the marketing of ...Read more
Author:Chetty, SashniDate:2012This study looked at how administrative staff navigated and negotiated the demands of a workplace utilising the PeopleSoft system, how they conceived of the processes of workplace learning they engaged in, factors they believed facilitated ...Read more
Author:Cliff, AlanDate:2015The National Benchmark Test in Academic Literacy is designed to assess the ability of first-year students to cope with the typical language-of-instruction, academic reading and reasoning demands they will face on entry to higher education. ...Read more
Author:Takalani, TakadzaniDate:2012The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate the potential contribution of spatial analysis using GIS on candidates who undergo the Alternative Admissions Research Project (AARP) tests for alternative admission to University of Cape ...Read more
Author:Denton, LauraDate: 2020Against the backdrop of a high level of personal over-indebtedness experienced by a large number of a Company's call-centre employees, a basic financial literacy workshop was conceptualised, implemented and offered to employees. However, while ...Read more
Author:Francis, Ramona Helena CatharinaDate:2007The focus of this minor dissertation is on the relationship between the Matriculation examination results, the Alternative Admissions Research Project (AARP) test scores and the academic success of students in the Bachelor of Business Science ...Read more
Author:Pieterse, AllisonDate: 2020The existing literature is inconclusive on how technology in education influences student outcomes and whether it will lead to an improvement in tertiary education access. This paper aims to determine whether the implementation of technology ...Read more