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Download full textFrith, Vera; Lloyd, Pam – Pythagoras, 2016
The ability to reason about numbers in relative terms is essential for quantitative literacy, which is necessary for studying academic disciplines and for critical citizenship. However, the ability to reason with proportions is known to be difficult to learn and to take a long time to develop. To determine how well higher education applicants can…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Higher Education, Benchmarking, Multiple Choice Tests
Direct linkClarence, Sherran – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
Teaching and learning is a growing field of research and practice globally, and increasing investments are being made in developing academics as teachers. An inability to adequately account for disciplinary knowledge can lead to academic development inputs that are unable to fully address the needs of students, educators, or disciplines…
Descriptors: Semantics, Intellectual Disciplines, Teaching Methods, College Faculty
Kalobo, Lukanda – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2016
This paper explores teachers' perceptions of their learners' proficiency in statistical literacy, reasoning and thinking. Research in Statistics education has prompted a move away from the teaching of statistical skills, towards focusing on the development of statistical literacy, reasoning and thinking. The recent South African Grade 10-12…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Abrahams, Fatima; Friedrich, Christian; Tredoux, Nanette – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
South African higher education institutions are experiencing challenges regarding access, redress and the successful completion of programmes in an environment where there are still imbalances in the schooling system. Tools are needed that will assist with the process of selecting students. The aim of this study is to determine whether a test…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Test Results, Abstract Reasoning, Gender Differences
Murris, Karin – Ethics and Education, 2012
Practitioners of education in South Africa (SA) struggle painfully between the extremes of its authoritarian and deeply religious roots that prescribe blind obedience to people in authority and their elders, and the demands of open-mindedness, critical thinking and also solidarity required for democratic citizenship. A particular pedagogy was used…
Descriptors: Punishment, Foreign Countries, Ethical Instruction, Philosophy
Paideya, V.; Sookrajh, R. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2010
Many under-prepared university students do not know how to study (Martin and Arendale 1993) because they have not yet developed the abstract reasoning skills that allow them to learn new ideas simply by reading a text or listening to a lecture. This article draws from selected findings from a PhD study currently being undertaken at a university in…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Stoichiometry, Intervention, Focus Groups
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
