Surette Van Staden
University of Pretoria
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International Journal of Instruction | 2018
Annika Bergbauer; Surette Van Staden
This study identifies factors predicting reading literacy achievement among Grade 4 students in South Africa by utilizing Vygotsky’s social interaction theory. The study draws on the preProgress in International Reading Literacy Study (prePIRLS) 2011 data, which places South African Grade 4 students’ results below the international centre point of 500 at 461. For the current analysis, distinct items from the prePIRLS 2011 parent, student, and teacher questionnaires predict learning outcomes significantly, including parents talking to students about school and assisting with homework, teachers’ degree of success in implementing the school’s curriculum, and student responses on how clear teacher expectations are. Findings explain 41% of the variance in student reading achievement and provide evidence for the significant role of teachers and parents in predicting increased reading literacy achievement scores. An absence of interaction with the child in either parents who do not engage in homework activities or talking about school, teachers who do not successfully implement the curriculum or make their expectations clear to students link statistically significantly to lower reading literacy achievement scores. Achievement for Grade 4 students who were tested in African languages was adversely worse than those students by test language.
Archive | 2017
Surette Van Staden; Lisa Zimmerman
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is an international comparative evaluation of reading literacy of Grade 4 (9 year-old) learners.
Archive | 2006
Sarah J. Howie; Elsie Venter; Surette Van Staden; Lisa Zimmerman; Caroline Long; Cecilia Magdalena Du Toit; Vanessa Scherman; Elizabeth Archer
Educational Research and Evaluation | 2008
Sarah J. Howie; Elsie Venter; Surette Van Staden
Reading and Writing | 2010
Surette Van Staden; Sarah J. Howie
Archive | 2011
Sarah J. Howie; Surette Van Staden; Mishack Tshele; Cilla Dowse; Lisa Zimmerman
Educational Research and Evaluation | 2012
Surette Van Staden; Sarah J. Howie
Reading and Writing | 2014
Celeste Combrinck; Surette Van Staden; Karen Roux
South African Journal of Education | 2014
Surette Van Staden; Roel Bosker
South African Journal of Childhood Education | 2016
Surette Van Staden; Roel Bosker; Annika Bergbauer