Seeds of Their Struggle: The Features of Under- and Overage Enrolment among Grade 4 Learners in South Africa. CREATE Pathways to Access. Research Monograph No. 47

Autor/inn/en	Taylor, Nick; Mabogoane, Thabo; Shindler, Jennifer; Akoobhai, Bina
Institution	Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE)
Titel	Seeds of Their Struggle: The Features of Under- and Overage Enrolment among Grade 4 Learners in South Africa. CREATE Pathways to Access. Research Monograph No. 47
Quelle	(2010), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-9018-8154-6
Schlagwörter	Dropouts; Economically Disadvantaged; Academic Achievement; School Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Grade 4; Grade 12; Age Differences; Graduation Rate; Student Participation; Enrollment Trends; Comparative Analysis; Achievement Gains; Low Achievement; Poverty; Socioeconomic Influences; Gender Differences; Outcomes of Education; Dropout Rate; Reading Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Schulleistung; Schuleffizienz; Ausland; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Armut; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Geschlechterkonflikt; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Leseleistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Using data drawn from the National School Effectiveness Study, this paper reveals that by Grade 4 35% of South African learners are overage. The study confirms what every other testing programme tells us about the poor state of learning which characterizes the system: the seeds of low pass rates at Grade 12 level, and of low participation and throughput rates in further and higher education, are sown in the first three years of schooling. What the present study adds to this picture is that overage children perform less well than their appropriately aged peers, gain less learning from one year to the next, generally come from poorer homes than their appropriately aged peers, and are predominantly male. This is a major problem in the system, and giving explicit attention to it must constitute a significant component of any strategy to address the very poor learning outcomes of the school system, the slow progress of learners through the grades, and the high rate of dropouts in the last three years of the secondary school. (Contains 7 tables, 9 footnotes, and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10