Standards of South African Senior Certificate Biology examinations : 1994 to 2007. Volume 1 : Chapters and references.

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dc.contributor.advisorLaugksch, Rudiger Cen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorDunne, Timen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCrowe, Anna Alettaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-27T19:52:30Z
dc.date.available2014-12-27T19:52:30Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractPublic examinations, such as the South African Senior Certificate (SC) examinations at the end of Grade 12, signal two messages to the society in which they operate: first, the competencies that are valued, that is, its standards; second, the required level of mastery in these competencies that are construed as indicators of success. The SC examinations certified successful students as competent to enter the workforce and, if they obtained a matriculation exemption, qualified them for admission to tertiary study. The SC was not a part of an explicit standards-based curriculum, and there is thus little understanding, but much public speculation, about the relationship between student achievement in the SC examinations, competency and standards. In an attempt to understand this relationship - with a particular focus on the role of standards - in the SC Biology examinations over a period of time, the answer to the following research question was sought: What did the SC Biology examinations in South Africa assess; did their focus change during the period 1994 to 2007; and, if so, what did this change mean?. Both in South Africa and internationally, "standards" is an often-used educational term, the meaning of which has become confused in the literature and by public use. In this study, a methodology to make explicit the standards inherent within the SC Biology examinations - and the relationship between standards and student achievement - was developed, described and applied.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCrowe, A. A. (2012). <i>Standards of South African Senior Certificate Biology examinations : 1994 to 2007. Volume 1 : Chapters and references</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10306en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCrowe, Anna Aletta. <i>"Standards of South African Senior Certificate Biology examinations : 1994 to 2007. Volume 1 : Chapters and references."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10306en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCrowe, A. 2012. Standards of South African Senior Certificate Biology examinations : 1994 to 2007. Volume 1 : Chapters and references. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Crowe, Anna Aletta AB - Public examinations, such as the South African Senior Certificate (SC) examinations at the end of Grade 12, signal two messages to the society in which they operate: first, the competencies that are valued, that is, its standards; second, the required level of mastery in these competencies that are construed as indicators of success. The SC examinations certified successful students as competent to enter the workforce and, if they obtained a matriculation exemption, qualified them for admission to tertiary study. The SC was not a part of an explicit standards-based curriculum, and there is thus little understanding, but much public speculation, about the relationship between student achievement in the SC examinations, competency and standards. In an attempt to understand this relationship - with a particular focus on the role of standards - in the SC Biology examinations over a period of time, the answer to the following research question was sought: What did the SC Biology examinations in South Africa assess; did their focus change during the period 1994 to 2007; and, if so, what did this change mean?. Both in South Africa and internationally, "standards" is an often-used educational term, the meaning of which has become confused in the literature and by public use. In this study, a methodology to make explicit the standards inherent within the SC Biology examinations - and the relationship between standards and student achievement - was developed, described and applied. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Standards of South African Senior Certificate Biology examinations : 1994 to 2007. Volume 1 : Chapters and references TI - Standards of South African Senior Certificate Biology examinations : 1994 to 2007. Volume 1 : Chapters and references UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10306 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10306
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCrowe AA. Standards of South African Senior Certificate Biology examinations : 1994 to 2007. Volume 1 : Chapters and references. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10306en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleStandards of South African Senior Certificate Biology examinations : 1994 to 2007. Volume 1 : Chapters and references.en_ZA
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