Browsing Faculty of Arts by Author "Bharuthram, Sharita"
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Attending to the affective: exploring first year students’ emotional experiences at university
Bharuthram, Sharita (South African Journal of Higher Education, 2018)This study engaged students at the affective level in order to acquire a better understanding of their emotional experiences at university with the ultimate aim of improving teaching and learning. A qualitative research ... -
Co-constructing a rubric checklist with first year university students: A self-assessment tool
Bharuthram, Sharita; Patel, Mahmoud (University of Jyväskylä, 2017)This paper reports on a study in which students co-constructed a rubric checklist with their lecturer and which they used to assess themselves. Data were collected by means of a student questionnaire, tutor feedback, as ... -
Evaluation of assessment skills using essay rubrics in student self-grading at first year level in higher education: a case study
Bharuthram, Sharita (South African Association for Language Teaching, 2018)This paper reports on a study in which students self-graded an assessment task with the aid of an assessment rubric. On comparing student selfgrades with those of the tutor it was found that majority (72.6%) of the students ... -
Extending boundaries: Team teaching to embed information literacy in a university module
Bharuthram, Sharita; Mohamed, Shehaamah; Louw, Gerald (UNISA, 2020)In today’s knowledge-based economy, the role of universities in preparing students to be information literate and independent thinkers and researchers is crucial. Information literacy (IL) skills enable students to become ... -
Introducing e-learning in a South African Higher Education institution: challenges arising from an intervention and possible responses
Bharuthram, Sharita; Kies, Carolynne (Blackwell, 2013)This article draws on research conducted at a tertiary institution in South Africa as part of the redesigning of an English for Educational Development (EED) course to include an e-learning online discussion component. ... -
Lecturers’ perceptions: the value of assessment rubrics for informing teaching practice and curriculum review and development
Bharuthram, Sharita (Taylor and Francis, 2015)The assessment rubric is increasingly gaining recognition as a valuable tool in teaching and learning in higher education. While many studies have examined the value of rubrics for students, research into the lecturers’ ... -
Making a case for the teaching of reading across the curriculum in higher education
Bharuthram, Sharita (Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2012)Over the past two decades there has been much written in the literature about the importance of reading and the importance of teaching students reading strategies to improve their reading comprehension. Reading is one ... -
The reading habits and practices of undergraduate students at a higher education institution in South Africa: a case study
Bharuthram, Sharita (Independent Institute of Education, 2017)Research conducted in South Africa has shown that the reading literacy level of students entering higher education is lower than is desirable. In an attempt to gain an understanding of students’ reading habits and ... -
Reflecting on the process of teaching reflection in higher education
Bharuthram, Sharita (Taylor and Francis, 2018)Higher education plays an important role in nurturing life-long learning and critical citizenry. One way to foster these is through developing a reflective practice. Given the importance of reflection, this article ... -
Students’ navigation of the uncharted territories of academic writing
Bharuthram, Sharita; McKenna, Sioux (Taylor & Francis, 2013)Many students enter tertiary education unfamiliar with the ‘norms and conventions’ of their disciplines. Research into academic literacies has shown that in order to succeed in their studies, students are expected to ... -
What lies beneath: exploring the deeper purposes of feedback on student writing through considering disciplinary knowledge and knowers
van Heerden, Martina; Clarence, Sherran; Bharuthram, Sharita (Taylor & Francis, 2017)Feedback plays an integral role in students’ learning and development, as it is often the only personal communication that students have with tutors or lecturers about their own work. Yet, in spite of its integral role in ...