scholarly journals Low-stakes assessments: An effective tool to improve marks in higher-stakes summative assessments? Evidence from commerce students at a South African university

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Ontong
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Summative Assessments ◽  
Commerce Students

scholarly journals The relationship between exposure to entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial self-efficacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Malebana ◽  
E Swanepoel
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intent ◽  
South African Universities ◽  
Commerce Students ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Different Levels

The purpose of this research was to investigate whether students with different levels of exposure to entrepreneurship education would perceive their own entrepreneurial self-efficacy differently from those without such exposure, and whether there is a relationship between perceived entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intent. The study was carried out by means of a survey. The sample consisted of 355 final-year commerce students from two South African universities based in rural provinces, namely the Eastern Cape and Limpopo. SPSS was used to analyse the data. The results revealed that students who had had exposure to entrepreneurship education were statistically significantly different from those who had not in terms of the way in which they perceived their own entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy had a statistically significant relationship with entrepreneurial intent.

scholarly journals Perceptions of affirmative action: An empirical study

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Trevor Amos ◽  
Richard Scott ◽  
J. William ◽  
Judith Scott
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
South African ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Black South Africans ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Commerce Students

Private and public South African employers have instituted affirmative action policies meant to provide employment opportunities to Black South Africans. A body of literature suggests that because of affirmative action policies Black hopes have been raised while Whites view such policies as having a negative impact on their opportunities. However, no extant literature details an empirical investigation of these suggestions. Therefore, this study focusses on the affirmative action perceptions held by 350 South African university commerce students.

The empire that Xoliswa built: entrepreneurship case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Willie Tafadzwa Chinyamurindi
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
South African ◽  
Study Participant ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Important Player ◽  
Commerce Students ◽  
Ordinary Person

Subject area Entrepreneurship. Study level/applicability The case can be pitched to undergraduate and postgraduate students and is applicable especially in cases when lecturers want to teach an introduction to entrepreneurship. Case overview This case study is about Xoliswa Tini and how she started Xoliswa Tini Properties, an emerging and growing player in the South African property industry. This case seeks to be used not only by commerce students but also by those outside this subject discipline. The motivation here being that entrepreneurship is not restricted to a specific subject discipline. The case profiles how an ordinary person from humble beginnings becomes an important player in an industry that she may have been excluded from based on her gender and race. This case can be used specifically to motivate and inspire students on the importance and processes that accompany the entrepreneur. The case can be used within an academic setting to teach undergraduate and postgraduate students. Outside the academy, individuals training in the area of entrepreneurship can use the case in their facilitation. Expected learning outcomes To facilitate the case study participant in: understanding the lived experience of an entrepreneur from how they started to key high and low highlights on the entrepreneurship journey; providing an analysis of the role of the micro- and macro-environment in influencing the entrepreneur’s journey and their decisions; appreciating the difficulties the entrepreneur faces in establishing their journey and the strategies used to deal with such difficulties. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 3: Entrepreneurship.

scholarly journals Graduate entrepreneurial intentions in the rural provinces of South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Malabana ◽  
E Swanepoel
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
The Future ◽  
African Context ◽  
Commerce Students ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This paper investigated the entrepreneurial intentions of 355 final year commerce students from two universities in the predominantly rural provinces of South Africa, namely Limpopo and the Eastern Cape. The study was based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). The objectives of the study were to test whether the TPB can help explain the entrepreneurial intentions of rural university students in a South African context and to assess whether these students will have the intentions to start their own businesses in the future. The study was conducted by means of a survey using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and hierarchical multiple regression were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that the TPB is a valuable tool in understanding entrepreneurial intentions, and that the majority of students intend to start a business in the future. The attitude towards becoming an entrepreneur explained the most variance in entrepreneurial intention of the respondents, followed by perceived behavioural control. Subjective norms did not have a significant effect on entrepreneurial intention. The results suggest that the TPB could be a valuable tool for measuring entrepreneurial intentions as part of a comprehensive entrepreneurship development programme in rural areas.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial intentions of South African rural university students: A test of the theory of planned behaviour

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justice Malebana
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
South African ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behaviour ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Planned Behaviour ◽  
African Context ◽  
Commerce Students

This paper investigates the entrepreneurial intentions of 329 final-year commerce students in a rural university in the Limpopo province. The study is based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). The objectives of the study were to test whether the TPB can help explain the entrepreneurial intentions of rural university students; to determine whether rural students will have intentions to start a business and to test the validity of the entrepreneurial intention questionnaire in a South African context. The study was conducted by means of a survey. SPSS was used to analyse the data. The results indicate that entrepreneurial intention of the respondents can be predicted from the attitude towards becoming an entrepreneur, perceived behavioural control and subjective norms. The findings reveal that the TPB is a valuable tool in understanding entrepreneurial intention of rural university students in South Africa. The majority of students intend to start a business in the future and the entrepreneurial intention questionnaire was found to be a valid instrument to measure the entrepreneurial intention of students in a South African context. Recommendations for policy makers, entrepreneurship educators and researchers have been highlighted.

The Three-dimensional structure of frozen-hydrated nudaurelia capensis β virus

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 650-651
Author(s):  
N. H. Olson ◽  
T. S. Baker ◽  
Wu Bo Mu ◽  
J. E. Johnson ◽  
D. A. Hendry
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Rna Virus ◽  
Carbon Film ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Electron Dose ◽  
Total Electron ◽  
Three Dimensional Structure ◽  
Negative Stain ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction

Nudaurelia capensis β virus (NβV) is an RNA virus of the South African Pine Emperor moth, Nudaurelia cytherea capensis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). The NβV capsid is a T = 4 icosahedron that contains 60T = 240 subunits of the coat protein (Mr = 61,000). A three-dimensional reconstruction of the NβV capsid was previously computed from visions embedded in negative stain suspended over holes in a carbon film. We have re-examined the three-dimensional structure of NβV, using cryo-microscopy to examine the native, unstained structure of the virion and to provide a initial phasing model for high-resolution x-ray crystallographic studiesNβV was purified and prepared for cryo-microscopy as described. Micrographs were recorded ∼1 - 2 μm underfocus at a magnification of 49,000X with a total electron dose of about 1800 e-/nm2.

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