NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Showing all 6 results
Does Deafness Spell Disaster? An Analysis of the Written English Levels of Deaf Children in the Nelson Mandela Metropole, South Africa
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Weir, Carolyn; Aylif, Diana – Perspectives in Education, 2014
This article presents the findings of an empirical comparative study in the Nelson Mandela Metropole investigating the difference between the written English of deaf children and the written English of hearing children and makes recommendations on how to improve the writing of deaf children. The psycholinguistic approach was used for the…
Descriptors: Deafness, English, Written Language, Emergent Literacy
A Vision of Improvement of Learning: South African Teachers' Conceptions of Classroom Assessment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sethusha, Mantsose Jane – Perspectives in Education, 2013
This article explored conceptions that teachers hold about classroom assessment and how these conceptions influence their classroom assessment practices. The qualitative study employed a case study approach. Semi-structured interviews, observations and document analyses were used. The study utilized Brown's (2004) conceptual framework on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Student Evaluation, Influences
The Influence of Gender, Parents and Background Factors on Grade 7 Students' Beliefs and Attitudes towards Mathematics in Mozambique
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
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
Assessing Early Number Learning: How Useful is the Annual National Assessment in Numeracy?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Weitz, Maria; Venkat, Hamsa – Perspectives in Education, 2013
Annual National Assessment (ANA) performance in Mathematics across the primary grades in South Africa indicates a decrease in mean performance across Grades 1-6. In this paper, we explore the apparently high performance in Grade 1 through a comparative investigation of learner responses on two assessments: the Grade 1 ANA taken in February 2011 by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Achievement
Opportunities to Develop Mathematical Proficiency in Grade 6 Mathematics Classrooms in KwaZulu-Natal
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ally, Noor; Christiansen, Iben Maj – Perspectives in Education, 2013
In this article, we propose a rubric for assessing the teacher's provision of opportunities to develop mathematical proficiency in classrooms. The rubric is applied to data from 30 video recordings of mathematics lessons taught in Grade 6 in one district of KwaZulul-Natal. The results suggest that opportunities to develop procedural fluency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Grade 6
Child Participation in School Governance: The Case of Prefects at a Primary School in Lesotho
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Morojele, Pholoho; Muthukrishna, Nithi – Perspectives in Education, 2011
This paper draws on literature that has theorised child participation within the sociology of childhood framework to examine how children participate in governance within school spaces. Four children aged between 13 and 17 (in grades six and seven) who serve as prefects at a primary school in Lesotho were participants in this study. Data was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Grade 7, Student Participation