In school sport the professionalisation of sport has reached the domain of school sport as a
grassroots incubator for sporting talent and for providing positive experiences that might …

This monograph on the work and education of engineering professionals has been
produced at a crucial juncture in the history of engineering in South Africa. The country is …

Whilst principles of validity, reliability and fairness should be central concerns for the
assessment of student learning in higher education, simplistic notions of 'transparency'and …

It is widely established that South African learners score poorly on written tests—whether
standardized or locally devised tests as part of research and evaluation. Similar results were …

Although assessment theorists have long argued that assessment is a contextually located
social practice, objectivist and psychometric discourses about assessment persist. The …

This dissertation describes an action research study aimed at promoting critical thinking in
learners while learning physical science within the South African national curriculum. The …

This article explores the development of policy in quality assurance in higher education.
While it briefly examines the broader context of quality assurance in South Africa in terms of …

This is a study of teaching and learning in the first mathematics module for engineering
students at a South African university. The theoretical framing of the study is derived from …

Ross argues that the term curriculum can be interpreted as the organisation of desired
learning experiences and that it represents a guide to lecturers of what is to be taught in …

The study reports on two Grade 7 mathematics teachers' assessment practices in an attempt
to identify the knowledge and competencies that they have and use in designing Grade 7 …