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Relevance of science education in Zimbabwe from the perspective of secondary school children - the voice of the learner about science and technology in a developing country
(2011)
In all countries, regardless of culture and level of development, science and technology(S&T) are seen as key areas for further material development and welfare. A certain proportion of the population needs to develop ...
The effect of an argumentation-based training programme on pre-service science teachers’ ability to implement a learner-centred curriculum in selected Eritrean Middle Schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study is part of a larger school-based research project aimed at training science teachers to integrate argumentation into K-12 science instruction. The current study examined the effect of an argumentation-based ...
The development of the number concept in Grade R: a case study of a school in the Wellington area
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Systemic evaluation undertaken by the Department of Basic Education as part of the Literacy and Numeracy Strategy 2006 – 2016 posed a serious challenge in South African schools. The numeracy and mathematics results in 2009 ...
The effectiveness of an argumentation instructional model in enhancing pre-service science teachers’ efficacy to implement a relevant science indigenous knowledge curriculum in Western Cape classrooms
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The study investigated the impact of a dialogical argumentation instructional model (DAIM) as an intervention teaching strategy to assist pre-service science teachers to implement integrated science-indigenous knowledge ...
Recent transformations in West-Coast Renosterveld: patterns, processes and ecological significance
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
Effects of a dialogical argumentation based instruction on grade 9 learners’ conceptions of a meteorological concept: cold fronts in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2012)
This study looks at the effects of a dialogical argumentation instructional model (DAIM) on grade 9 learners understanding of selected meteorological concepts: Cold fronts in the Western Cape of South Africa. Using a ...
Fitted numerical methods to solve differential models describing unsteady magneto-hydrodynamic flow
(2011)
In this thesis, we consider some nonlinear differential models that govern unsteady
magneto-hydrodynamic convective flow and mass transfer of viscous, incompressible,electrically conducting fluid past a porous plate ...
The effect of an argumentation instructional model on pre-service teachers' ability to implement a science-IK curriculum
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This study investigated the effect of an Argumentation Instructional Model (AIM) on the preservice teachers‘ ability to implement a Science-IK Curriculum in selected South African schools. I examined what instructional ...
The incorporation of the geometry involved in the traditional house building in mathematics education in Mozambique: the cases of zambezia and sofala provinces
(2009)
The incorporation of the geometry involved in the traditional house building in Mathematics Education in Mozambique The cases of Zambézia and Sofala Provinces D. B. Soares PhD thesis, Department of Didactics, University ...
The contexts which Namibian learners in grades 8 to 10 prefer to use in mathematics
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
One of the key ideas in the research on mathematics education is that the mathematical knowledge that learners acquire is strongly tied to the particular situation in which it is learnt. This study investigated the contexts ...