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  • School fees exemption : a panacea or financial distress for schools? 
    Naong, M.N. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009)
    The pre-1994 education system created huge imbalances among public schools in South Africa, in terms of resource allocation. Surprisingly, the pronouncement by the Minister of Education, Naledi Pandor, to declare some ...
  • School self evaluation; how involved are educators in the process? 
    Setlalentoa, W.N. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 13, Issue 4: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2013)
    Studies show that although evaluation policies regarding educator development and whole-school improvement have been put in place and even though schools express willingness to participate in such evaluation actions, they ...
  • Science and scholarship in historical perspective 
    Strauss, Danie (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 2, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2004)
    The "making" of the modern world cannot be divorced from the allpermeating influence of the modern natural sciences. Although the Renaissance spirit, aimed at exploring the possibilities of human rationality in an unrestricted ...
  • Score and hide-thickness, together with tick burden and body condition score, in four cattle breeds in the South-eastern Free State province of South Africa 
    Fourie, P.J.; Foster, L.A.; Neser, F.W.C. (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 11, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2013)
    A study was conducted to determine the differences between four breeds in respect of coat score, hide-thickness, tick burden and body condition score. The study was comprised of 40 heifers - 10 of each breed, namely ...
  • Selecting a pricing strategy : a statistical approach 
    Smit, L.; Van Niekerk, T. (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 12, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2014)
    Pricing management, as part of the marketing strategy of an organisation, is a difficult and highly complex - but also critically important - management activity, as it affects the revenue and therefore the profits of an ...
  • Self-regulated learning as predictor of academic performance 
    Keyser, J.N.; Viljoen, M.C. (Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein: Journal for New Generation Sciences, 2015)
    The goal of this study was to research the hypothesis that self-regulated learning (SRL) predicts academic performance in second-year Economics studies. In the theoretical underpinning, self-regulated learning as related ...
  • Service-learning : relevance and meaning 
    Palmer, Esther (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 3, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2005)
    Institutions of higher education have multiple purposes. These purposes focus mainly on teaching (learning), research, and community service, but it is believed that more attention and resources should be turned to the ...
  • Service-learning and experiential learning as forms of experiential education : similarities and dissimilarities 
    Snyman, Andries (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 3, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2005)
    In 2003 is vier technikons genooi om deel te neem aan die "Community Higher Education Service Partnership" (CHESP) inisiatief van die "Joint Education Trust" (JET). Die doel is om diens-leer modules oor verskeie dissiplines ...
  • Setting the silences to speak : "Towards a critical consciousness of adolescent orphans" 
    Mthiyane, N.P. (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 10, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2012)
    This paper explores comparatively the voices of the orphaned adolescents living in an orphanage and foster homes. Currently the emphasis is on children's rights; it is believed that children have rights to have their ...
  • Short term load forecasting using neural networks 
    Nigrini, L.B.; Jordaan, G.D. (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 11, Issue 3: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2013)
    Several forecasting models are available for research in predicting the shape of electric load curves. The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), can be applied to model ...
  • The single public service and local government turnaround strategy: incompatible or complimentary for improved local government service delivery? 
    Kroukamp, H. (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 9, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2011)
    The South African public service has unfortunately rapidly gained a reputation for inefficiency, corruption and incompetence. Government has therefore introduced a variety of legislative measures to ensure that the public ...
  • Social justice for and through sustainable learning environments 
    Mahlomaholo, Sechaba M.G.; Molebatsi, Milton M.; Francis, Dennis (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 10, Issue 2: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2012)
    If our intention as parents, educators, educationists, researchers and community members is to create sustainability in the learning environments, then social justice is where we should start and where we should aim. Social ...
  • The social responsibility of SMMEs : the case for a framework and measurement instrument for the African context 
    Dzansi, Dennis Yao (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    To start with, "Corporate Social Responsibility" (CSR) appears a misnomer as it suggests a 'big business only' connotation. Rather, "Business Social Responsibility" (BSR) appears a better alternative because it accommodates ...
  • Socially relevant and socially responsible higher education : a disputed goal 
    Teichler, U. (Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein: Journal for New Generation Sciences, 2015)
    Higher education is expected to be socially relevant. However, there is a controversial discourse in both higher education policy and in higher education research, how striving for 'quality' according to theoretical and ...
  • A socio-constructive approach to the training of language practitioners at the University of the Free State 
    Naude, Jacobus A. (Journal for New Generation Sciences : Socio-constructive language practice : training in the South African context : Special Edition, Vol 6, Issue 3: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2008)
    This paper describes the training of language practitioners at the University of the Free State in the light of recent developments in Translation Studies, namely the tendency of internationalising ideas about translation, ...
  • Solving planning problems with Drools Planner a tutorial 
    Weppenaar, D.V.I.; Vermaak, H.J. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 10 , Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2011)
    Planning problems are frequently encountered in everyday situations. The brute force approach of evaluating every possible solution for any medium size planning problem is just not feasible. Drools Planner is an open source ...
  • Some determinants of business intelligence adoption using the technology- organisation -environment framework : a developing country perspective 
    Mudzana, T.; Kotze, E. (Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein: Journal for New Generation Sciences, 2015)
    The competitive environment today dictates that organisations must utilise their resources effectively and efficiently and also aim to provide their employees with the right information tools. Business Intelligence (BI) ...
  • South Africa Class F Fly Ash for roads : physical and chemical analysis 
    Heyns, M.W.; Hassan, M. Mostafa (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 13, Issue 3: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2013)
    Fly Ash is a by-product at thermal power stations, also otherwise known as residues of fine particles that rise with flue gases. An industrial by-product may be inferior to the traditional materials used construction ...
  • The South African Human Rights Commission and human rights violations in education : an analysis of media reports 
    De Wet, C. (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 10, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2012)
    This article examines how South African newspapers report on the activities of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) regarding human rights violations in South African schools over a five-year period (1 January ...
  • South African local government in a quandary : how to overcome ever-increasing challenges to excellence in service delivery 
    Kroukamp, H. (Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 12, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2014)
    Despite the introduction of various legislative measures to improve the performance of local government in terms of the mandate to be an autonomous sphere of government, service delivery in South Africa remains questionable ...

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