Research and Innovation Unit ETDs: Recent submissions

  • Assessing the academic behavioural confidence (ABC) of first-year students at the Central University of Technology, Free State 
    Matoti, S.N.; Junquiera, K.E. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009)
    First-year university students make judgements about their capabilities in mathematics which mainly stem from their past school experiences. It is against this background that the researchers decided to conduct a study ...
  • A review of passive thermal comfort energy efficiency interventions in residential buildings of Bloemfontein 
    Kumirai, T. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009)
    The paper presents a critique of passive and active thermal comfort strategies. Extensive review of literature on passive thermal comfort energy efficiency interventions and their benefits was under taken. The paper explains ...
  • Combining additive fabrication and conventional machining technologies to develop a hybrid tooling approach 
    Booysen, G.; Truscott, M.; Mosimanyane, D.; De Beer, D. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009)
    South Africa is constantly loosing contracts for the manufacturing of innovative projects to the East, due to its non-competitive mould-making industry. The paper will report on progress made in a specific focus area in ...
  • Why podcasting in open higher distance learning? 
    Baird, N.; De Beer, K. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009)
    Throughout history children have been taught by means of stories told by their parents, and for many centuries this was the primary method of transferring knowledge and information. As time progressed, we spent less and ...
  • The implementation of work-integrated learning in the Marketing programme at the Central Univeristy of Technology, Free State, Free State 
    Van Schoor, J.H.; Erwee, C.C. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009)
    The Marketing programmes at universities of technology are of particular importance to all business firms and even non-profit organisations. In order for students, as potential employees, to keep ahead of new developments ...
  • How lecturers' beliefs shape their world of teaching 
    Van Amerom, W.P.C. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009)
    Until we utilize our ability to choose our worldview, to choose our beliefs, to choose the reality in which we wish to live, behavior remains habitual and unexamined" (Yero 2002:234). This article explains and discusses ...
  • 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 ...
  • Undergraduate research preparation is crucial for postgraduate studies 
    Maasdorp, C.; Holtzhausen, S. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009)
    Worldwide, including in South Africa, involvement in research is making increasing quality demands on higher education institutions in terms of sustaining high-level research capability and involvement on an efficient and ...
  • Learner-centred facilitation of learning - a possibility for Financial Accounting I 
    Koma, V. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009)
    The Academic Planning Committee of the Central University Of Technology, Free State stated in April 2003 that academic success depends on academic institutions to create a learner-centred educational environment. In a ...
  • Organisational culture and the transformational requirements for the Knowledge Age 
    Kokt, D. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009)
    The important impact of an organisation's cultural orientation is often not fully comprehended by management and staff. Organisational culture as the 'soul' of an organisation forms the basis of all decisions that are taken ...
  • The introduction of problem based learning in Hospitality Management at the Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa 
    De Wet, M.A. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2009)
    Problem-based learning (PBL) is a learner-centred strategy that can be used to achieve the objectives of Outcomes Based Education (OBE). The Hospitality management program has no evidence of a fixed learner-centred didactic ...
  • Customised patient implants : future lifeline of the medical industry 
    Truscott, M.; Janse van Vuuren, M.; Booysen, G.; De Beer, D. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    Long-term growth in the additive fabrication industry will come from designs that are difficult, time-consuming, costly, or impossible to produce using standard techniques. Growth will occur with advances in the current ...
  • Product development for play therapy : stimulating children with learning disabilities through the use of their own senses 
    Olivier, Y.; De Lange, R.W.; Reyneke, J.J. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    Various, multidisciplinary approaches can be used for the treatment of children with learning disabilities (LD). A multidisciplinary approach can include play therapy, remedial therapy, physiotherapy as well as a stimulant ...
  • Graphic material as an element to enhance personalised funerals 
    Mano, M.C.D. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    Personalised funerals are defined as modernised, innovative, customised and specialised types of funerals. Personalised funerals are performed to reflect the individual's life and what he or she has accomplished (Broadbent ...
  • Identifying critical factors to deal with research ethics 
    Lategan, L.O.K. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    In this article the focus is on the role of ethics in the research cycle. The author argues that current thinking with regard to ethics in research is very often scattered and limited to certain disciplines and certain ...
  • Carrier recovery for 49 quadrature partial response signals 
    Jordaan, G.D. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    A reference carrier signal should be regenerated from a received partial response (PR) signal in order to facilitate optimal demodulation of the received signal. This paper describes the development and evaluation of such ...
  • Linguistics + Mathematics = twins 
    Esterhuizen, H.L. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1 :Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    Language and Mathematics are both so-called "tools" that are used by other disciplines to explain / describe phenomena in those disciplines, but they are scientific disciplines in their own right. Language is a system of ...
  • Ultrasonic borehole flowmeter 
    Du Preez, M.; Hertzog, P. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    Although research has been conducted in the field of Acoustic Doppler Borehole Flowmeters (ADBF), it has been focused on point source of flow and three dimensional borehole flow techniques. However as of yet, no studies ...
  • The impact of additive fabrication technologies on Institutional Research Development and the SA product development community-the CRPM story 
    De Beer, D.J. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    The Centre for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (CRPM) made a humble start in 1997 as a spin-off from a proposed research activity in 1995, at a stage when Technikons were still being seen as occupational training ...
  • An integrated control system for an Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) 
    Boje, E.P.; Kotze, B.J. (Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 7, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2008)
    An immense amount of research is currently, being done on the development and use of Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in industry. An important component of this research often involves navigation and route-optimization ...

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