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Indice du statut socioéconomique du milieu familial des élèves du SACMEQ : construction avec le modèle de Rasch et analyses [PDF]

Mesure et Évaluation en Éducation, 2008
Cet article présente la construction de l’échelle SSE-SACMEQ comme une mesure du statut socioéconomique (SSE) du milieu familial des élèves du primaire des systèmes éducatifs du Consortium de l’Afrique australe pour le pilotage de la qualité de l ...
Stéphanie Dolata
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Student achievement, school quality, and an error-prone family background measure: exploring the sensitivity of the Heyneman-Loxley effect in Southern and Eastern Africa

Large-Scale Assessments in Education, 2022
Background We examine the sensitivity of the Heyneman-Loxley Effect to the influence of an error-prone family background measure in 15 education systems from Southern and Eastern Africa.
Thomas F Luschei, William Rew
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What do we know about primary teachers’ mathematical content knowledge in South Africa? An analysis of SACMEQ 2007 [PDF]

International Journal of Educational Development, 2015
Abstract There is consensus in the international mathematics teacher education literature that teachers should, at the most basic level, have mastery of the content knowledge they are required to teach. In this paper we test this assumption empirically by analyzing the South African SACMEQ 2007 mathematics teacher test data which tested 401 grade 6 ...
Hamsa Venkat
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Should Touch Screen Tablets Be Used to Improve Educational Outcomes in Primary School Children in Developing Countries? [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2016
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” (United Nations, 2015).
Hubber PJ, Outhwaite LA, Chigeda A, McGrath S, Hodgen J, Pitchford NJ.   +5 more
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How effective are poor schools? Poverty and educational outcomes in South Africa [PDF]

Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity ...
Servaas Van der Berg
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A Preliminary Analysis of SACMEQ III South Africa [PDF]

, 2011
The many and varied links between student socio-economic status and educational outcomes have been well documented in the South African economics of education literature. The strong legacy of apartheid and the consequent correlation between education and wealth have meant that, generally speaking, poorer students perform worse academically. The present
Nic Spaull
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Human Resource Inputs and Educational Outcomes in Botswana’s Schools: Evidence from SACMEQ and TIMMS [PDF]

, 2010
This study explores the important relationship between policy variables that represent a school’s human resources and product variables in the form of student performance in Botswana’s schools. A focus of particular interest is if the teaching environment is related to student success and whether it can promote equity in learning between students from ...
Tia Linda Zuze
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The relationship between school-related gender-based violence and absenteeism: Evidence from 14 Southern and Eastern African countries

South African Journal of Education, 2022
Children in sub-Saharan African countries face higher exposure to gender-based violence (GBV) compared to their counterparts in other world regions (United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF], 2014).
Sora Lee, Robert Rudolf
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The influence of gender, parents and background factors on Grade 7 students’ beliefs and attitudes towards mathematics in Mozambique

Perspectives in Education, 2013
The third study by the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Education Quality (SACMEQ) revealed that achievement in mathematics among Grade 6 children in Mozambique is declining, and gender differences favouring boys persist. This study
Adelino Evaristo Murimo
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Teacher characteristics and student performance: An analysis using hierarchical linear modelling

South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2015
This research makes use of hierarchical linear modelling to investigate which teacher characteristics are significantly associated with student performance. Using data from the SACMEQ III study of 2007, an interesting and potentially important finding is
Paula Armstrong
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