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Time-on-task as an index of situated language proficiency in academic performance

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dc.creator Christa van der Walt
dc.creator Elaine Ridge
dc.creator Mary Faure
dc.date 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:06:35Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:06:35Z
dc.identifier 10.5785/20-2-82
dc.identifier 0259-2312
dc.identifier 2224-0012
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/f87d8806c2824332af1bd51296d1bced
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/10605
dc.identifier.uri https://doaj.org/article/f87d8806c2824332af1bd51296d1bced
dc.description <p><em>Transforming higher education in South Africa involves, among other things, finding ways of enabling a broader group of students to perform successfully in high-stake assessment. This paper recounts work in progress to that end. The focus is on the effect of time constraints on the performance of physiotherapy students whose first language is other than the one in which the classes and the assessments are presented. The concept of working memory is investigated by using C-tests based on physiotherapy material and the results are correlated with students’ home languages and their performance in other academic subjects. The paper concludes by reflecting on C-tests as a trustworthy instrument to measure situated language proficiency and the implications of the results for higher education.</em></p>
dc.language English
dc.publisher Stellenbosch University
dc.relation http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/82
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/0259-2312
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0012
dc.source Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, Vol 20, Iss 2 (2011)
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Time-on-task as an index of situated language proficiency in academic performance
dc.type Article


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