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Nel, C.; Troskie-de Bruin, C.; Bitzer, E. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2009
A successful transition from school to university is crucial to academic success--especially in the first academic year. Various studies have, however, shown that students are increasingly underprepared for higher education studies. Not only is the school-university gap increased by the school system that produces inadequately prepared learners…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, Transitional Programs, College Bound Students
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Pretorius, E. J.; Bohlmann, C. A. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2003
Based on the results of Phase I of a reading skills project in 2000 ("SAJHE" 16(3) 2002), Phase II was undertaken to set up a reading intervention programme on a voluntary basis for students enrolled in a mathematics access module, to determine whether explicit attention given to reading would improve their reading skills and academic…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Strategies, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction