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van Staden, Surette; Howie, Sarah – Perspectives in Education, 2014
This study reports on a doctoral investigation (Van Staden, 2010) to identify and explain relationships between some major learner- and school-level factors associated with successful reading in Grade 5. South African classrooms are characterised by large variation, with linguistically and socio-economically heterogeneous groups of learners.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students
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Murimo, Adelino Evaristo – Perspectives in Education, 2013
The third study by the "Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Education Quality" (SACMEQ) revealed that achievement in mathematics among Grade 6 children in Mozambique is declining, and gender differences favouring boys persist. This study examined the contribution of parents, economic resources and cultural factors on…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables