by Admin | Nov 25, 2023 | Early Grade Research Focus
Why … review ICT programmes in early-grade mathematics education? Mathematics is powerful. A strong mathematical understanding can unlock opportunities, but South African learners gravely underperform in this subject. ICT applications hold enormous potential to teach...
by Admin | Nov 25, 2023 | Early Grade Research Focus
Why … investigate the role of language in early-grade mathematics teaching and learning? South African learners in Grades 4 and 5 performed dismally in reading and mathematics in two recent international assessments (PIRLS 2021 and TIMSS 2019, respectively)....
by Admin | Mar 31, 2022 | Early Grade Research Focus
Grade 4 Reading Catch-Up Programme: summary of impact report Name of organisation/service provider: Wits University: Led by Prof. Brahm Fleisch, Dr Stephen Taylor and Dr Thabo Mabogoane Name of Project / Intervention: Reading Catch-Up Research Project Duration of...
by Admin | Mar 14, 2021 | Early Grade Research Focus
Introduction The South African national curriculum promotes Group Guided Reading (GGR) as the core Foundation Phase reading instructional strategy. Following GGR, learners with similar reading abilities are placed in small groups and appropriate reading material is...
by Admin | Mar 14, 2021 | Early Grade Research Focus
Introduction Recent research in Foundation Phase numeracy shows that the current mismatch between learner competence and grade-level demands is negatively affecting learning outcomes. The problem stems from the overloaded curriculum, which teachers struggle to cover...
by Admin | Nov 22, 2019 | Early Grade Research Focus
The study was initiated to implement and evaluate three models of support to determine what model/s could improve the acquisition of literacy skills among learners and at what cost. Specifically, the study was designed to test interventions that could be implemented...
