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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Under-preparedness"”.
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An investigation of students’ approaches to solving problems using equations of motion
… study is to investigate how to address the under-preparedness of students entering first year physics in South African universities, particularly with regard to their competence in solving kinematics problems. Previous studies show that the best tool for changing and expanding the conceptual …
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Protecting Civilians in UN Peace Operations: The Need for Enhanced Training
… properly implemented and completed to mitigate under-preparedness. This analysis relies primarily on scholarly articles, UN documents, and news reports. It is supplemented by interviews with present and former UN peace operations personnel and other relevant UN staff members posted in the field …
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A formative evaluation of the Humanities Faculty Mentorship Programme
In South Africa university under-preparedness, due to social, economic and cultural disadvantage, makes black students vulnerable to a complex set of problems when entering university. This negatively affects retention and graduation rates among non-traditional students. Universities must recognise …
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Teacher Identity: A Phenomenological Study Of The Development Of Teacher Identity For Pre-Service Teachers
… and contributed to pre-service teachers’ under preparedness for the realities of the classroom. Semi-structured interviews with five participants completing their field experiences in one of two public schools in Massachusetts suggested that the pre-service teacher participants had a …
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Developing multi-representational problem solving skills in large, mixed-ability physics classes
… are but one consequence of such attitudes and under-preparedness. Inappropriate epistemologies hamper life-long learning by precluding students from developing conceptual mastery and from assimilating valuable generic skills such as problem solving. To address this situation, and the declining …
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An investigation of academic reading skills of science foundation students at a rural university
… science students display levels of under-preparedness for tertiary studies. One area in which this is seen is in students’ lack of academic reading ability. Although, some of these students read fluently they do not display competencies in other reading areas, such as to understand, …
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BLACK BEYOND MEASURE: AN ANTIDEFICIT EXPLORATION OF CULTURAL CAPITAL WITHIN A NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS (NSBE) CHAPTER AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTION (PWI)
… disparities, inequality of opportunity, and under-preparedness in career planning within the American education system. While there has been a fair amount of research on the lack of representation of Black students in the engineering disciplines, the heavy focus on quantitative data offers …
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Writer performance ranges on the NBT Academic Literacy Test: an analysis through a Semantics lens
… of specific areas that reveal student academic under-preparedness. The study also attempted to show how this information might play a role in the development of interventions intended for students identified in this way. I argued that an appropriately designed tool can enable the lecturer to …
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Exploring the transition: a case study of RPL students in a postgraduate programme
… been conducted on this topic. To gain a deeper understanding of RPL student transition, the researcher followed a case-study approach in which the experiences of RPL students enrolled in an online postgraduate diploma programme in management in marketing (PgDipMM) at a South African university …
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Equitable responsiveness : a multiple case study on preservice teachers’ developing understanding of culturally responsive teaching after engaging with equity literacy focused instruction.
… has contributed to the culturally responsive under-preparedness of novice teachers. Strengthening CRT preparation is necessary as the racial and ethnic diversity in the United States continues to grow. In this study, I used Gorski’s (2018) equity literacy framework (ELF) as a lens to …
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A study of the Namibian transitional language policy in education and the role of code-switching in achieving it
… utilised by educators and students at the school under investigation. It was revealed that educators employed three different types of code-switching namely situational, educational and interpersonal codeswitching for pedagogical, teaching and social reasons. The research also found that three …
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First time entrants’ student support services in contributing to academic success in technical and vocational education and training colleges
… is constrained by inadequate funding to address under preparedness (conceptual, knowledge, academic literacy and numeracy) for higher education programmes of especially indigent students. The findings revealed that over eighty percent respondents disagreed that they were satisfied with …