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A small-scale investigation of the group administration of Feuerstein's learning potential assessment device.
(1996)
This study had two specific aims: Firstly, to determine whether or not, within a given group of subjects in a school in Kwa-Zulu Natal, the mediation offered during an application of Feuerstein's Learning Potential Assessment ...
Formative assessment in grade 8 mathematics : teachers' perceptions and implementation.
(2009)
The constitution of Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996) provides the basis for
curriculum transformation and assessment for development in South Africa. The curriculum
aims to develop the full potential of each ...
An investigation of assessment practices in Grade 4 Mathematics.
(2011)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the assessment practices in Grade 4 Mathematics
classrooms. The study sought to determine whether teachers understood what is required by
the Department of Education (DoE) ...
School readiness : a comparative study of psychological and home environmental variables.
(1990)
The main aim of this study was to identify those elements
in a child's home background that assist him to become
schoolready. The secondary, though closely related aims
were to determine whether significant cognitive ...
Construction of learning outcomes by Life Orientation lectures using teaching and learning resources for their lessons at a Further Education and Training (FET) college in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2013)
The focus and purpose of the study is to investigate how Life Orientation lecturers construct learning outcomes using teaching/learning resources for their lessons at a Further Education and Training (FET) College in KwaZulu ...
An investigation of teachers' assessment practices at Zenon high school in Lesotho.
(2006)
The literature has shown that the traditional way of assessment which is paper-pencil
tests and/or examinations has always been the most dominant and trusted form of
assessment. This study investigated assessment practices ...
An analysis of differential tests as a predictor for learner performance in first year biosciences.
(2004)
This research project aims to establish the predictive validity of a set of aptitude tests for the first year Biosciences programme at a merging South
African University. The study aims to address the problem of selection ...
Analysis of dynamic assessment as an alternative to static assessment using the group administration of Feuerstein's learning potential assessment device.
(2000)
Vygotsky (1978, as cited in Day, Engelhardt, Maxwell and Bolig, 1997) argued
that a complete profile of intellectual competence must include both static
measures of what the child already knows and dynamic measures of ...
An investigation into the suitability of the National Bureau Group Test for five-and-six year-olds as an instrument for measuring school readiness among a group of Indian children in Durban.
(1972)
This study was primarily intended to ascertain whether there was any test already in existence in South Africa which was entirely suitable as a test of school readiness for Indian children. If there were no such test, could ...
Exploring alternative assessment strategies in science classrooms.
(ESASA, 2010)
The knowledge children bring to the classroom or construct in the classroom
may find expression in a variety of activities and is often not measurable with
the traditional assessment instruments used in science classrooms. ...