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									Faculty of Education
School of Educational Studies
 Department of Curriculum Studies
Howie, SJ
							BA (Hons), MEd, PhD(Twente) - Professor and Director
							 
NRF Rating: Y1
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 Research Interests
 
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 Contact Details:
							Telephone number: 012 420 4131Fax number: 012 420 5723
 E-mail address: showie@postino.up.ac.za
 Research Interests:
								Evaluation and assessment policies and practices at school level
 Programme Evaluation
 
 Assessment
 
 Science, mathematics and technology education
 
 System-level evaluation and assesment
 
 Test-construction and instrument development
 
 
 Research Output:
							Research articles in refereed specialist journals: 
 
							Howie SJ: 2003. Language and other background factors affecting secondary pupils' performance in Mathematics in South Africa. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 7, pp 1-20.Chapters in books:
 Kouwenhoven W, Howie SJ, Plomp T: 2003. The role of needs assessment in developing competence-based education in Mozambican higher education. Perspectives in Education, 21 (1) / Mar, pp 135-154.
 
 Howie SJ: 2003. Conditions of Schooling in South African and the Effects on Mathematics Achievement. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 29 (3), pp 227-241.
 
 Bos T, Howie SJ, Plomp T: 2003. Common Diversity: TIMSS-1999 Findings from a National Perspective. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 29 (3), p. not yet available.
 
 
 
 
							Howie SJ, Plomp T, Magaw B: 2003. International Studies of Educational Achievements. In The International Handbook of  Educational Evaluation,  (42), Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp 951-978.
 
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