University of South Africa

About: University of South Africa is a education organization based out in Pretoria, South Africa. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Context (language use) & Population. The organization has 8478 authors who have published 19960 publications receiving 237688 citations. The organization is also known as: Unisa.

Home and school resources as predictors of mathematics performance in South Africa

Abstract: The creation of an environment conducive to learning is vitally important in the academic achievement of learners. Such an environment extends beyond the classroom and school to include the home. It is from these environments that learners draw resources, both tangible and intangible, that impact on their educational experience. While current bodies of literature focus on either school or home resources, this paper looks at both. Multiple regression analyses were conducted on the 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data to determine the resources factors that influence South African learners’ performance in mathematics. The findings reveal that both school and home environments play significant roles in learners’ mathematics performance. This paper therefore suggests that it is not only the socio-economic factors of schools that impact learners’ mathematics performance, but also that higher levels of parental education have a significant positive influence. Keywords : home resources; learning environment; mathematics performance; predictors of performance; school resources; TIMSS 2011

Financial deepening and poverty reduction in Zambia: an empirical investigation

Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the inter‐temporal causal relationship between financial sector development and poverty reduction in Zambia. The paper attempts to answer one critical question: does financial sector development in Zambia lead to poverty reduction?Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses the newly developed autoregressive distributed lag‐bounds testing procedure, which has numerous advantages, especially when the sample size is small. In addition, the paper uses three proxies of financial development, namely broad money supply (M2/GDP), domestic credit to the private sector as a ratio of gross domestic product (DCP/GDP) and domestic money bank assets (DMBA), against private per capita consumption, a proxy for poverty reduction.Findings – When the broad money supply ratio (M2/GDP) is used as a proxy for financial sector development, poverty reduction seems to cause the development of the financial sector. However, when the DCP and the DMBA are used, financial developmen...

Love in the time of AIDS: Inequality, gender and rights in South Africa

Abstract: Love in the time of AIDS: Inequality, gender and rights in South Africa , by Mark Hunter Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2010. 303pp. ISBN 9781869142032 The word ‘love’ in the ...

Transport and Field Emission Properties of MoS₂ Bilayers.

Abstract: We report the electrical characterization and field emission properties of MoS 2 bilayers deposited on a SiO 2 / Si substrate Current–voltage characteristics are measured in the back-gate transistor configuration, with Ti contacts patterned by electron beam lithography We confirm the n-type character of as-grown MoS 2 and we report normally-on field-effect transistors Local characterization of field emission is performed inside a scanning electron microscope chamber with piezo-controlled tungsten tips working as the anode and the cathode We demonstrate that an electric field of ~ 200 V / μ m is able to extract current from the flat part of MoS 2 bilayers, which can therefore be conveniently exploited for field emission applications even in low field enhancement configurations We show that a Fowler–Nordheim model, modified to account for electron confinement in two-dimensional (2D) materials, fully describes the emission process