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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
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Willenberg, Ingrid – First Language, 2017
Children's narrative skills have been widely studied in North America, but there is a paucity of African research. Within South Africa's diverse socio-cultural context, this study of mixed-race children explored the development of narrative production and the influence of home background variables. Using the Bear Story picture prompt, this…
Descriptors: Narration, Native Language, Correlation, Mothers