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Direct linkSapire, Ingrid; Sorto, M. Alejandra – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2012
This study focuses on quantifying the quality of mathematics teaching in 183 randomly selected sixth grade classrooms: 100 from the North West province of South Africa and 83 from South East Botswana. The teaching quality is measured by coding videotaped lessons for three different components: mathematical proficiency, level of cognitive demand,…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction
Carnoy, Martin; Arends, Fabian – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2012
The purpose of this study is to test empirically whether and how classroom and school factors contribute to student mathematics learning gains in the border region of North West province, South Africa and Southeastern Botswana. Our results suggest that in both regions, improving teaching quality has an important impact on how much mathematics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Achievement Gains
Reeves, Cheryl; Major, Thenjiwe – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2012
This article describes how a detailed notebook analysis was used to assess and compare the opportunity to learn of a sample of grade 6 students from 126 classes in South East Botswana and North West Province, South Africa. Students' mathematics notebooks provided the main data source for estimating how much time is spent on the subject during the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Test Items, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
The Impact of the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ)
Murimba, Saul – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) is fast emerging as a globally recognized initiative in the area of the monitoring and evaluation of educational quality, and the results of its research and training have not only been used within the member countries, but elsewhere too. SACMEQ has had a presence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Educational Change, Consortia
