Browsing Faculty of Education by Author "Julie, C."
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An analysis of learners’ ways of working in high stakes mathematics examinations: quadratic equations and inequalities
Godden, Hebrew J. (2012)Every year there is a national outcry by educationists in South Africa relating to the poor performance of grade 12 mathematics learners. This is an unsatisfactory state of affairs in a country where mathematics is seen ... -
A case study of how learners apply a Grade 10 study skills module in a mathematics class
Arnold, Feeroezah (University of the Western Cape, 2016)A qualitative case study was used to investigate how learners apply a study skills guide during the teaching of mathematics content in a Grade 10 class. A great amount of research and money is continually spent focussing ... -
Context Preferences of Teachers in South Africa and South Korea for Mathematics in schools
van Schalkwyk, Gregory Peter (University of the Western Cape, 2007)The study is located within the project: Relevance of School Mathematics Education (ROSME) of the Department of Didactics at the University of the Western Cape. The research is undertaken in the belief that Mathematics ... -
The influence of educational leadership on quality teaching and learning of high school mathematics
Fortune, Ronald Arthur (University of the Western Cape, 2020)I address the relevance of quality learning and teaching in South African high schools’ as it relates to the strategic direction provided by high school leadership for the benefit of knowledge economies and higher learning ... -
Pre-service mathematics teachers’ engagement with the evaluation and construction of alternative mathematical models for the same phenomena
Cornelissen, Belinda m. (University of Western Cape, 2020)The overarching purpose of this research study was to ascertain the deliberations preservice mathematics teachers engage with when they construct alternative mathematical models for social phenomena. The study is situated ... -
Preferred contexts for mathematical literacy of Korean grade 8 - 10 learners
Kim, Sun Hi (University of the Western Cape, 2006)The twenty-first century society demands a high level of mathematical literacy. This drove Korean educators to evaluate their students using international mathematics tests such as TIMSS, PISA and IMO. In these tests, ... -
Problem-solving in geometry in collaborative small group Settings: how learner’s appropriate mathematical tools while working in small groups.
Cooper, P (University of the Western Cape, 2011)Problem-solving in Mathematics is an important skill. The poor perforrnance of South African learners in international tests such as the Trends in Intemational Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and in schools in ...