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Exploring the effect of a Dialogical Argumentation Instructional Model in enhancing grade two learners' understanding of the day and night cycle
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Over the last 15 years the Department of Education has rolled out various projects in an attempt to improve Mathematics and Science results and to increase the amount of learners who exit their schooling with those subjects. ...
Investigating Pre-service Natural Science Teachers’ perceptions of earth in space through spatial modelling and argumentation
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study involves a group of pre-service teachers who are specialising in Science and Mathematics education at a university in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The aim of the study was to investigate perceptions ...
Students and teachers' views on factors that hinder or facilitate science students in mastering English for academic purposes (EAP) in Rwanda higher education
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This study explores second and third year students' and teachers‟ views on factors that hinder or facilitate the mastery of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in the Science and Engineering Technology Higher Institutions ...
Incorporating technology into the Lesotho science curriculum: investigating the gap between the intended and the implemented curriculum
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The inclusion of technology in the school curriculum has been a concern in many countries following the 1990 Jomtien World Conference on Education for ALL (Jenkins, 1996). However, there are different perspectives and views ...
The relevance of science education: as seen by pupils in Ghanaian junior secondary schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This thesis was based on a larger international comparative study called the ROSE (Relevance of Science Education) project. The study investigated the affective factors pupils perceive might be of relevance for the learning ...
Malawian secondary school students' learning of science: historical background, performance and beliefs
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This study explored the problem of poor performance in science among students who are provided secondary school places on merit in Malawi. Existing studies of the problem are inconsistent suggesting that these studies may ...
Effects of an argumentation-based instruction on grade 10 learners' understanding of the causes of pollution at a river site
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This study was based on the Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Project (SIKSP) at the School of Science and Mathematics Education, University of the Western Cape. The project seeks to enhance educators' understanding ...
An Evaluation of a Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Project at a Western Cape University
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
This study was an evaluative case study of a Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Project
on the Project (SIKSP) at a Western Cape University, South Africa. It was an internal evaluation from
the perspectives of the ...