NDLI: When the playing fields aren't even: personalised attention in the multilingual, varied-ability classroom

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Jacobs, G. Meyer, D.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: UNITEC Inst. of Technol., Auckland, New Zealand (Jacobs, G.)
Abstract	This paper describes an English-language application developed within an educational system undergoing radical change. Since the mid-1990s, South African education has moved from a dual system favouring one privileged class, to one that embraces integration and equality. This move has been complex and fraught with the difficulties inherent in incorporating disadvantaged pupils from multilingual backgrounds into previously-'advantaged' classrooms with English as the principle medium of tuition. In order to cope with widely-varying student needs, an interactive computer-based application has been created to enable students to diagnose their own specific weaknesses and to provide personalised assistance in overcoming them. Results demonstrate that the system is highly effective in improving students' performance, establishing a closer sense of personal attention, and in alleviating the pedagogical stresses experienced by instructors in an extremely demanding educational environment.
Starting Page	1346
Ending Page	1347
File Size	206958
Page Count	2
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769515096
DOI	10.1109/CIE.2002.1186243
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-12-03
Publisher Place	New Zealand
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Jacobian matrices Education Natural languages Computer applications Educational technology User interfaces Educational institutions Speech Application software Stress
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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