Browsing Faculty of Education by Author "Hartley, Shaheed"
Now showing items 1-6 of 6
-
A reflective study on factors that influenced the matric results in physical sciences in four secondary schools in a district in the Eastern Cape
Ndokwana, Vusumzi Wilfred (University of the Western Cape, 2017)This is a reflective study of the factors that influenced the performance of learners in Physical Sciences National Senior Certificate examinations in four secondary schools in a district in Eastern Cape. The study ... -
Examining the challenges experienced by teachers with the implementation of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in Grade 10 Physical Sciences in an education district in the Eastern Cape Province
DLOVA, NOMBULELO (University of the Western Cape, 2019)Recently Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) were introduced in South Africa in response to confusion precipitated by previous curriculum documents. The purpose of this study is to uncover the challenges ... -
Examining the use of multiple representations to teach vectors in Grade 10 physical sciences
Ngwane, Maxhoba (University of the Western Cape, 2019)The purpose of this paper was to examine the use of the multiple representation approach as a teaching strategy to improve learners understanding of vectors in Grade 10 Physical Sciences. The study also wanted to consider ... -
Investigating the development of the learning environment at a disadvantaged primary school in the Western Cape through a participatory action research process
Adonis, Tracey-Ann (University of the Western Cape, 2017)South Africa (SA) is a developing country struggling to address transformation and various institutional reforms inherited from a previous apartheid regime and also created by the current democratic government. Education ... -
A reflective study of the factors that influence learner performance in physical sciences in an education district of the Eastern Cape Province
Ndzala, Ntsikelelo (University of the Western Cape, 2019)This study was conducted in three rural high schools in the province of the Eastern Cape, South Africa whose physical sciences results were not consistent. The main issue in the research was that when schools’ results ... -
Teaching the principle of conservation of Mechanical Energy using a conceptual change approach
Pika, Nondumiso J. (University of the Western Cape, 2017)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the conceptual-change teaching strategy on the Principle of Conservation of Mechanical Energy in the absence of dissipative forces. Specifically, the study used ...