CONTRADICTIONS OF CONCERN TO BENCHMARKING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK DEGREE by Kathleen Collins

“…The SA Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) initiated quality-assurance benchmarks for the BSW at the training institutions in 2011. …”
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Aviation English in South African airspace by Coertze, Salome, Conradie, Simone, Burger, Chris R., Huddlestone, Kate

“…A brief illustration is also given of the potential value of research, such as that reported here, for benchmarking speech systems for unmanned aircraft (cf. …”
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ICT LAWS IN NIGERIA: PLANNING AND REGULATING A SOCIETAL JOURNEY INTO THE FUTURE by Peter C Obutte

“…The paper suggests regulatory benchmarks for the purpose of repositioning the ICT sector and approaches to strengthening the regulation of ICT in Nigeria. …”
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Do This in Remembrance of Me Online? Irenic and Elenctic Normativity in Liturgical Studies by Marcel Barnard, Mirella Klomp, Maarten Wisse

“…Barnard and Klomp in liturgical studies speak with Ronald Grimes of ‘ritual criticism’ and with Roy Rappaport of ‘The True Words’ as benchmarks that are established by religions in the infinite field of meanings of the rite. …”
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We are shaped by past interpretations by Jurie H. le Roux

“…Eckart Otto’s four-volume commentary on Deuteronomy will remain for many decades a benchmark for the study of Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch. …”
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OUTCOMES-BASED ASSESSMENT: NECESSARY EVIL OR TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL by Vivienne Bozalek

“…In February 2004 the South AfricanSocial Service Professions Council (SACSSP) wrote a letter to all social work educationalproviders requesting them to benchmark their current curriculum against the new minimumstandard requirements of the BSW on a template. …”
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The Wisdom Shaping of the Psalter by Kyle Dunham

“…Key markers suggest that the final editors of the Psalter intended the book to be read and mastered as a wisdom writing by their placement of wisdom vocabulary, paragons and motifs as mnemonic benchmarks. These features include the governing position of Pss 1–2 as the twin introduction to the Psalter, the distribution of the ‘ashre’ formula, lexical and thematic ties to Proverbs, the use of the term ‘maskil’ in connection to David’s wisdom, the recurring presence of sages and the wisdom framing of Book V. …”
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Lessons from UNCITRAL for Reforming the South African Legal Framework Concerning Security Rights in Movable Property by Michel Marlize Koekemoer, Reghard Brits

“…The problematic aspects of the South African framework benchmarked against the UNCITRAL Guide are: (1) not having a common legal framework that equally applies to all types of (including quasi-) real security transactions; (2) the scope of the current framework not being comprehensive (inclusive) enough; (3) not having an efficient enough method of creating the security right; (4) the current publicity method, particularly concerning special notarial bonds, being overly cumbersome and not providing effective public notice to third parties; and (5) the current enforcement measures potentially not being the most efficient. …”
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Lessons from UNCITRAL for Reforming the South African Legal Framework Concerning Security Rights in Movable Property by Michel Marlize Koekemoer, Reghard Brits

“…The problematic aspects of the South African framework benchmarked against the UNCITRAL Guide are: (1) not having a common legal framework that equally applies to all types of (including quasi-) real security transactions; (2) the scope of the current framework not being comprehensive (inclusive) enough; (3) not having an efficient enough method of creating the security right; (4) the current publicity method, particularly concerning special notarial bonds, being overly cumbersome and not providing effective public notice to third parties; and (5) the current enforcement measures potentially not being the most efficient. …”
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Students’ use of academic vocabulary in comparison to that of published writers: a corpus-driven analysis by Trish Cooper

“…The aim of this paper is to shed light on some of the vocabulary features of both L1 and AL student writing in relation to published writing as a benchmark. This study is based on the results of a qualitative investigation conducted using a corpus-driven approach which focused on differences in the use of academic vocabulary by both L1 and AL groups across first-, second- and third-year psychology students. …”
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Learning from the best: reading literacy development practices at a high-performing primary school by Zimmerman, Lisa

“…The school had the highest Grade 4 class average performance of six purposively selected case study schools with varying contexts and performance levels aligned to achievement benchmarks from the PIRLS 2006. Data were collected from multiple sources for this case study as part of a larger mixed methods study. …”
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