African Centre for Scholarship

A comparison of higher-order reading comprehension performance for different language of instruction models in South African primary schools

McLeod Palane, Nelladee; Howie, Sarah (University of the Free State, 2019)

In this article, preProgress in Reading Literacy Study (prePIRLS) 2011 data is used to compare the performance of different language of instruction groupings (English, Afrikaans and African languages) in primary schools ...
An analysis of quality of education and its evaluation : a case of Zimbabwean primary schools

Garira, Elizabeth; Howie, Sarah; Plomp, Tjeerd (Education Association of South Africa, 2019)

This study sought to analyse quality of education and its evaluation in Zimbabwean primary schools. A qualitative research methodology was adopted. Thirty-five schools, 73 teachers, 15 school administrators and four Education ...