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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES ABILITY TESTING
2010 Towards a framework for accommodating linguistic diversity among learners in large-scale assessments: lessons learnt from the WCED Grade 8 assessment study
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Download this report2010 When does ICT support education in South Africa?: the importance of teachers' capabilities and the relevance of language
The aim of this paper is to highlight some of the challenges of information and communication technology (ICT) integration in a South Africa...
2008 Uprooting bad mathematical performance: pilot study into roots of problems
South African students score poorly in mathematics and language tests when compared with students from other African countries and when comp...
2007 Assessment of the language and mathematics skills of grade 8 learners in the Western Cape in 2006
The purpose of this study and service was to develop instruments to assess the language and mathematics skills in English and Afrikaans of a...
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