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Increasing self-efficacy in learning to program: exploring the benefits of explicit instruction for problem solving
(2014)The difficulty of learning to program has long been identified amongst novices. This study explored the benefits of teaching a problem solving strategy by comparing students’ perceptions and attitudes towards problem ... -
The independence of South African judges: a constitutional and legislative perspective
(2015)Judicial independence is fundamental to democracy. It is in that context that this paper considers whether the existing constitutional and legislative mechanisms provide sufficient judicial independence to South African ... -
Independent Candidacy and Electoral Reform : New Nation Movement NPC v President of the Republic of South Africa
(PER/PELJ, 2022)In the New Nation case, the Constitutional Court declared the provisions of the Electoral Act that prevent independent candidates from competing in provincial and national elections unconstitutional. It ruled that the ... -
Indian music and dance for inclusive development: A reflection on the Republic of Mauritius
(2014)The purpose of this article is to argue, prove and demonstrate that Indian Music and Dance have a crucial role to play in the overall development of the Republic of Mauritius. Following intensive and extensive literature ... -
Indian South Africans as a middleman minority : historical and contemporary perspectives
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)Beginning in the 1940s, a literature on middleman minorities emerged to demystify the intermediary economic niche that Jews had occupied in medieval Europe. They were viewed as ethnic entrepreneurs occupying the ... -
Indigenous "Africans" and transnational "Pan-Netherlanders": past and present in the "re-construction" of post-1994 Afrikaner identity.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)This article explores two strategies to “re-imagine” Afrikaner identity in a post-apartheid South Africa in which white Afrikaners, once politically and culturally dominant, have become increasingly marginalized. One, ... -
Indigenous food security revival strategies at the village level: The gender factor implications
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)This article is based on an evaluation concerning the practice of the Zunde raMambo concept (commonly referred to as Zunde) in four of Zimbabwe’s 52 districts; (Mangwe, Lupane, Guruve and Hwedza). Zunde is a social security ... -
Indigenous knowledge approach in maintaining a livelihood in the face of disastrous climate change: case of drought in Msinga villages, KwaZulu-Natal
(OASIS, 2019)The aim of this study is to explore and examine the ways of maintaining livelihoods of communities in the face of extreme climatic conditions using indigenous knowledge systems. Special attention was paid to drought ... -
Indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction: An African perspective
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)Indigenous knowledge is valuable knowledge that has helped local communities all over the world survive for generations. This knowledge originates from the interaction between members of the community and the environment ... -
Indigenous practices of environmental sustainability in the Tonga community of southern Zambia
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)Culture plays a significant role in conserving the environment. The purpose of this study was to explore the measures that have been employed by the Tonga people of southern Zambia to sustain their local biophysical ... -
Indigenous South African poetry as conduits of History: Epi-poetics – a pedagogy of memory
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2019)This conceptual article argues that a pedagogy of poetic memory, or epipoetics, can be used to remember and ‘re-member’ the past in the present in the history classroom. Epi-poetics as a theory encapsulates the dynamic ... -
Indonesia and Africa: questioning the origins of some of Africa’s most famous icons
(Thurlton Publishing, 2006)In the author’s opinion there have been three far-reaching gaps in the study of Africa’s history: 1) Indonesian involvement in East and Central Africa; 2) Links between Madagascar and Eastern and South/Central Africa; and ... -
Industrialisasie, verstedeliking en gesondheid: die gesondheid van swartes in Brakpan 1919 - 1945.
(Departement van Geskiedenis Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit / Department of History Rand Afrikaans University, 1992)• Opsomming: Sedert die verkryging van munisipale status in 1919 het die toenemende bevolkingsgetalle in Brakpan groot druk op die dorp se gesondheidsdepartement geplaas om alle aspekte van gesondheid na behore te ... -
Industrialization in South Africa: a historiographical debate?
(Department of History, University of North-West, 1998)Industrialisasie as 'n ekonomiese verskynsel het min aandag van historici ontvang Die meeste publikasies van historici handel oor die sosiale en politieke implikasies van die verskynsel. Hierdie artikel ontleed die werk ... -
Industry’s perception of the relevance of software development education
(2015)It is widely acknowledged that there is a shortage of software developers, not only in South Africa, but also worldwide. Despite reports, in mostly quantitative studies, of a gap between the industry needs and software ... -
The influence of "reasonableness" on the element of conduct in delictual or tort liability - comparative conclusions
(PER/PELJ, 2019)In this contribution the influence of reasonableness on the element of conduct in the South African law of delict will be analysed and compared with the requirement of some form of conduct in English tort law, American ... -
The influence of a metacognitive approach to cooperative pair problem-solving on self-direction in learning
(AOSIS, 2018)Preparing students for self-directed learning has become an obligation of 21st century educational institutions. This study focused on developing students’ metacognitive awareness during cooperative pair problem-solving, ... -
The influence of indirect factors on black student teachers' historical understanding.
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The influence of selected teacher inputs on students’ academic achievement in the junior secondary school certificate mathematics in Namibia
(2013)This study explored the link between teachers’ inputs and students’ academic achievement in the JSC Mathematics for the period 2006 to 2010. One hundred and fifty secondary schools selected from 573 secondary schools in ...