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A cultural-historical activity theory based analysis of lecturer and student understanding of learning in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town

Author: Van Heerden, Thomas Date: 2019 Cultural-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
Academics teaching and learning at the nexus: unbundling, marketisation and digitization in higher education

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Mogliacci, Rada ; Walji, Sukaina ; Cliff, Alan ; Swinnerton, Bronwen ; Morris, Neil Date: 2021 This paper explores how academics navigate the HE landscape being reshaped by the convergence of unbundling, marketisation and digitisation processes. Social Realism distinguishes three layers of social reality (in this case higher education): ... Read more
An activity theory analysis of how management of a private higher education institution interpret and engage with re-accreditation

Author: Reid, Rhiannon Sara Date: 2021 The 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
The balance between excellence and equity on admission test: contributions of experiences in South Africa and Costa Rica

Author: Cliff, Alan ; Montero, Eiliana Date: 2010 Two 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 more c b n d
A comparative analysis of academic literacy specifications for a standardised test and academic literacy requirements for reading and writing in a range of disciplinary contexts

Author: Scholtz, Desiree Leonora Date: 2015 Standardised 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
A contextual investigation into selected factors associated with student performance in Financial Accounting 1 at a South African institution

Author: Moore, Colleen Date: 2005 In 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
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
El Balance entre Excelencia y Equidad en Pruebas de Admisión: Contribuciones de Experiencias en Sudáfrica y Costa Rica

Author: Cliff, Alan ; Montero, Eiliana Date: 2010 Two 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 more c b d
Entry-level students' reading abilities and what these abilities might mean for academic readiness

Author: Cliff, Alan Date: 23 Dec 2014 he 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
Institutional inclusion in Higher Education: an analysis of the experiences of access, belonging and participation of international/ foreign students at the University Of Cape Town.

Author: Naidoo, David Date: 2021 Despite 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
An investigation of factors that facilitate or constrain how adults learn in relation to training in PeopleSoft systems.

Author: Chetty, Sashni Date: 2012 This 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
The National Benchmark Test in Academic Literacy: How might it be used to support teaching in higher education?

Author: Cliff, Alan Date: 2015 The 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
A spatial analysis of the Alternative Admissions' Research Project at the University of Cape Town, 2000 - 2005.

Author: Takalani, Takadzani Date: 2012 The 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
The extent to which a basic financial literacy programme delivered to over-indebted call-centre agents enables transformative learning to take place

Author: Denton, Laura Date: 2020 Against 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
The value of the matriculation and the alternative admissions tests scores in predicting success for the Bachelor of Business Science extended curriculum programme students at the University of Cape Town

Author: Francis, Ramona Helena Catharina Date: 2007 The 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
Who benefits from online education? How the implementation of technology in higher education can result in increasing inequalities in higher education institutions

Author: Pieterse, Allison Date: 2020 The 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