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Enkele voorspellers van die akademiese prestasie van eerste- jaarstudente in drie- en vierjaar- kurrikulums
(University of the Free State, 2012)
English: Low success rates at South African higher education institutions instigated renewed interest in the predictors of academic performance. This study article investigates academic and psychosocial predictors of ...
Generic competences in Higher Education: studying their development in undergraduate social science studies by means of a specific methodology
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2010)
Research into the acquisition of generic competences was carried out with the undergraduate social science programmes offered by the Ramon Llull University, Barcelona (Spain). For these programmes an innovative methodology ...
Validating a test of academic literacy at a South African university of technology
(University of the Free State, 2013)
English: The advent of a democratic dispensation in South Africa in 1994 officially made it possible for historically disadvantaged groups, Black students in particular, to gain access to higher education at historically ...
The pains and gains of incorporation: reflections from inside a redeployed faculty
(University of the Free State, 2005)
English:The restructuring of the higher education system in South Africa forms part of the social transformation process of the South African government. The incorporation of the Bloemfontein campus of Vista University ...
How deconstruction can be constructive: inward- and outwardbound academic entrepreneurship as drivers for change
(University of the Free State, 2005)
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Education researchers as bricoleurs in the creation of sustainable learning environments
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014)
Higher education has, to date, been unable to provide effective and lasting solutions
to challenges of education, because large sections thereof continue to search for
knowledge for its own sake. At best, they conduct ...
A quantitative literacy course for Humanities and Law students: the challenges of a context-based curriculum
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2012)
This article examines some aspects of the effectiveness of a first-year course in quantitative literacy
for Humanities and Law students at a South African university. This intervention is necessary to assist
students in ...
Constructive feedback as a learning tool to enhance students’ self-regulation and performance in higher education
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2012)
If feedback is provided in a way that can develop students’ self-regulatory skills, it could enhance
learning and, consequently, lead to improved performance. To improve teaching and learning in higher
education (HE), ...
Queering transformation in higher education
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2013-06)
Transformation in higher education has tended to focus on race and sex, at the expense of other forms
of discrimination. This article addresses the silencing of ‘queer’ issues in higher education. Using queer
theory as ...
Opinions of pre-service teachers towards community service-learning experiences
(Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2011)
This study examines the opinions of 41 teacher candidates taking a community service learning (CSL)
course. The implementation of this course and its contributions to participants’ personal, social and
academic development ...