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UCT researcher demonstrates better formula for maths education
University of Cape Town doctoral student Margaret Long's thesis, Mathematical, cognitive and didactic elements of the multiplicative conceptual field investigated within a Rasch assessment and measurement framework, shows how mathematics teachers can instantly improve the performance of their learners by clustering them according to test performance. She demonstrates the usefulness of such methods for Grades 7 to 9, but shows that the framework can extend in principle to all school grade levels.
13 Dec 2011
UCT researchers put the university under the lens
Three PhD candidates at the University of Cape Town have focused their respective research theses on the university environment -- with one thesis focusing on the University of Rhodesia from 1945 to 1980. Their conclusions can apply to other organisations as well, especially those dealing with transformation and institutional change.
13 Dec 2011
UCT to confer honorary degree on David Potter today
Inventor, entrepreneur and a philanthropist Dr David Potter will receive an honorary doctorate in Engineering Science today, 13 December, at 15h00, at the University of Cape Town. In 1980, he founded the software company Psion, which later introduced the world's first handheld computer and the term "netbook" to the industry.
13 Dec 2011
Medicine's magnificent seven
12 Dec 2011
'Mishmash' of transport modes on Cape's roads
12 Dec 2011
Honorary doctorates for Burton, Potter
12 Dec 2011
Honour for top historian
12 Dec 2011
Oliver is first recipient of Chancellor's Medal
12 Dec 2011
Congratulations UCT!
12 Dec 2011
UCT research aims to smooth finance hurdles for SMMEs
New research out of the University of Cape Town offers guidelines for improving bank creditworthiness assessment processes for financing the small, medium and micro-enterprise (SMME) sector, which has been identified as a critical growth area for the country's economy.
12 Dec 2011
Emotional intelligence smartens up sports success, finds UCT study
Success on the sporting field is as much about being sensitive to fellow teammates' needs as it is about physical preparedness, according to research done by Exercise Science PhD graduand David Thomas Crombie at the University of Cape Town.
12 Dec 2011
The sword in the stone: UCT research documents ancient human movement in Garden Route cave complex
A well-dated cave complex at Pinnacle Point in the Garden Route contains a rich archaeological record of human occupation covering most of the known chronological range of the Middle Stone Age. This is according to University of Cape Town student Kyle Brown. According to his PhD thesis,The sword in the stone: lithic raw material exploitation in the Middle Stone Age at Pinnacle Point site 5-6, Southern Cape, South Africa, this locality represents one of the most important archaeological sites in southern Africa in the Middle Stone Age (about 280 000 to 40 000 years Before Present). Brown's thesis represents a comprehensive analysis of the stone artefacts from the site.
12 Dec 2011
Mothers transmit trauma to children, suggests UCT research
University of Cape Town PhD student Bruce Christopher Bradfield's thesis, A relational psychoanalytic exploration of the intergenerational transmission of trauma from mothers to their adult children, suggests that trauma is not limited to the person experiencing it. Instead, Bradfield suggests, it can be transmitted from mother to child.
12 Dec 2011