Browsing by Author "10178309 - Van der Walt, Johannes Lodewyk"

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    • A norm for an academic literacy placement test 

      Van der Walt, Johann L.; Steyn, Faans (SAALT/SAVTO, 2016)
      A test series usually consists of various versions of a test. Test-takers and consumers of tests expect all these versions to be at the same level of difficulty, but this is very difficult to achieve at the test design ...

    • The development and validation of a rating scale for ESL essay writing 

      Hattingh, Karien; Van der Walt, Johann L. (South African Association of Language Teaching (SAALT), 2013)
      This article describes an empirical procedure for developing and validating a rating scale for assessing essays in English as a second language. The study was motivated by a concern for the validity of the scoring grid ...

    • Grootgroeponderrig ter wille van die verhoging van onderwysproduktiwiteit in hoër onderwys 

      Steyn, Hendrik J.; Van der Walt, Johannes L. (LitNet Akademies, 2014)
      Universiteite in Suid-Afrika en elders in die wêreld is onder druk weens sekere eksterne neigings, soos die huidige tydgees van nadruk op prestasie, effektiwiteit en produktiwiteit (performativity), bestuur van byvoorbeeld ...

    • The meaning and uses of language test scores: an argument-based approach to validation 

      Van der Walt, Johann L. (SAALT/SAVTO, 2012)
      In this article, I discuss how the quality of language tests can be determined by means of a validation process. In the past, the quality of language tests was often determined by examining their reliability, content ...

    • Naar een integrale theorie van kernbegrippe in onderwijs en opvoeding. 

      Potgieter, F.J.; Van der Walt, J.L.; Wolhuter, C.C.; Valenkamp, M. (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2013)
      This paper investigates how education may be related to the needs of contemporary society as embodied in the connections and relationships between education on one hand, and spirituality/ religion, quality of life, ...

    • Opvoeding vanuit ’n post-postfundamentitiese perspekief 

      Van der Walt, Johannes (LitNet Akademies, 2014)
      Dit het ’n aanvaarde feit onder opvoedkundiges en opvoeders geword dat daar ’n sekere verband tussen die opvoeder se lewens- en wêreldbeskouing en sy of haar pedagogiese teorie en praktyk bestaan. Daar het egter ’n paar ...

    • Pragmatic validation of a test of academic literacy at tertiary level 

      Van der Walt, Johannes Lodewyk; Steyn, Hendrik Stefanus (Ensovoort Society, 2007)
      Validity is a fundamental consideration in language testing. Conceptions of validity have undergone a number of changes over the past decades, and validity is now closely connected with the interpretation of test scores. ...

    • The research output of female academics at a South African university: progress with gender equity? 

      Wolhuter, C.C.; Peckham, G.; Van der Walt, J.L.; Potgieter, F.J. (Taylor & Francis, 2013)
      Two pressing demands directed to the South African academy in the post 1994 environment, have been those of gender equity and of increasing research output. The progression of women to the higher academic ranks is a problem, ...

    • Towards standardisation: a comparison of two versions of an academic literacy test 

      Van der Walt, Johann L.; Steyn, H.S. (SAALT, 2014)
      All versions of a standardised test should be at similar difficulty levels. In this article, we investigate whether two versions of TAG ("Toets van Akademiese Geletterdheidsvlakke") are valid and whether they are at the ...