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Download full textUlita M. Chimenya – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2025
Background: Various studies have established that the transition from high school to university for first-year students is problematic. Research confirms that most students experience challenges with reading for meaning due to underdeveloped reading abilities. Objectives: This article investigates the first-year students' transition from high…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Adjustment, Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction
Nina Rossouw – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2024
The transition into higher education is a challenging process for many students. Students are often underprepared academically (amongst other aspects). This under-preparedness influences students' subsequent academic performance, and ultimately, overall student success. Research has shown that successful student transition into higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, College Bound Students, Transitional Programs
Direct linkZethembe Mseleku – Cogent Education, 2024
Graduate unemployment has emerged as a major socio-economic problem in many countries, and South Africa is no exception. In South Africa, which is a developing country, graduate unemployment is the cause of concern as it grows consistently with the overall youth unemployment. The transition of youth from higher education to the world of work is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Unemployment, College Graduates
Alfred Mvunyelwa Msomi; Ekaterina Rzyankina – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2024
The provision of multidimensional holistic support in mathematics for students transitioning from secondary school to university is identified as a challenge facing global education systems, including in South Africa. Ongoing attempts to select effective mathematics learning support reflect the enduring nature of a problem caused by a range of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Anxiety
Adrian D. van Breda – Child Care in Practice, 2024
While supportive relationships are important for probably everyone and while research indicates that supportive relationships contribute towards improved care-leaving outcomes for young people who grew up in care, there is no research that shows their contribution year by year over the first several years out of care. The aim of this study is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Residential Care, Transitional Programs, Independent Living
Petra Engelbrecht; Hannelie Louw; Julialet Rens – Perspectives in Education, 2024
This paper focuses on exploring the transition South African learners make from Grade 7 to Grade 8, with an emphasis on the experiences of all the role players in two school cultures during this transition phase. This qualitative exploratory research project was placed in a constructivist research paradigm. The data were analysed in an exploratory…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Transitional Programs, Foreign Countries
