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Download full textRamollo, Jeanette K.; Kanjee, Anil – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2023
Background: Formative assessment has been reported to improve learners' learning in affluent contexts. However, very few studies have reported the impact of formative assessment on teachers' knowledge and understanding in no-fee public schools located in a low socioeconomic context. Aim: This article investigates the impact of the Assessment for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Elementary School Teachers
Chimbi, Godsend T.; Jita, Loyiso C. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
Summative assessment is often criticised as an unfair representation of learner effort and aptitude. In summative high-stakes examinations, economically privileged learners consistently outperform marginalised counterparts, perpetuating inequitable social class reproduction. But UN Sustainable Development Goal No.4 calls for equitable quality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Skills, Summative Evaluation, Equal Education
Direct linkLukose, Jose; Mammen, Kuttickattu John – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2018
Research reports using global data show that the failure rates in introductory programming courses average about 32%. As learners from schools join the university and enrol for different courses, they find the sudden transformation quite challenging. This makes it more challenging for first year university students, especially in difficult courses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Introductory Courses, Programming, Computer Science Education
van Schalkwyk, Susan – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
This paper describes the implementation of a university-wide initiative aimed at providing a holistic view of a student's academic standing by conducting early, formative assessment for all first-year students. It tracks the Early Assessment System as a student support intervention at Stellenbosch University and suggests that the system has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Class Rank
Computers in Schools: Implementing for Sustainability. Why the Truth Is Rarely Pure and Never Simple
Thomas, H.; Cronje, J. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2007
This study investigates influences on the sustainability of a computers-in-schools project during the implementation phase thereof. The Computer Assisted Learning in Schools (CALIS) Project (1992-1996) is the unit of analysis. A qualitative case study research design is used to elicit data, in the form of participant narratives, from people who…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Program Implementation, Influences, Long Range Planning
James, Shamagonam; Reddy, Priscilla; Ruiter, Robert A. C.; McCauley, Ann; van den Borne, Bart – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
The evaluation of the Department of Educations' life skills program on HIV and AIDS prevention among Grade 9 students in 22 randomly allocated schools in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, showed only a significant increase in student knowledge about HIV/AIDS in the intervention group compared with the control group. No effects were found on safe sex…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Promotion, Communicable Diseases, Intervention
