Higher education's ability to retain students through to graduation appears to be an
international challenge. This is also the case in South Africa where only 27% of student …

Abstract The National Benchmark Test Project (NBTP) was commissioned by Higher
Education South Africa in 2005 to assess the academic proficiency of prospective students …

Many higher education systems across the globe struggle with the challenges of low
throughput rates and high dropout rates. It is estimated that more than half of South African …

There is an articulation gap for many students between the literacy practices developed at
school and those demanded by higher education. While the school sector is often well …

As the chapter title suggests, this is a review of the work presented in the first four chapters. It
calls for greater engagement with the key directions and research focuses of the project, but …

Abstract National Benchmark Test Project (NBTP) was conceived as far back as 2004 by the
public higher education leadership in South Africa and formally launched in 2005. NBTP …

A detailed assessment of the theoretical and construct design and development of the tests
that the university has led over the last three decades. The chapter focuses on the various …

Quantitative literacy is the ability to solve problems using mathematical and statistical
information that is represented in various forms, including visual, written and mathematical …

Understanding our epistemological perspective when conducting engineering education
research is important for situating the knowledge claims we are making. Depending on that …

Texts, including digital texts, in quantitative disciplines are constructed multimodally using
written language, images such as information graphics (charts, maps, or diagrams), and …