Browsing Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Mathematics and Science Education) by Author "Holtman, Lorna"
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Malawian secondary school students' learning of science: historical background, performance and beliefs
Dzama, Emmanuel Nafe Novel (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 ... -
Preferred contexts of Korean youth for the learning of school mathematics (grades 8-10)
Kim, Sun Hi (2012)This study investigated real life situations which learners in South Korea grade 8-10 learners would prefer to be used in school mathematics.This thesis is based on the ROSMEII (Relevance of School Mathematics ducation) ... -
A teaching strategy to enhance mathematical competency of pre-service teachers at UWC
May, Bruce Mathew (University of the Western Cape, 2017)In this study a mixed methods approach was employed to investigate how exposure to a teaching strategy based on spiral revision, productive practice and a mainly direct expository instructional method would influence the ...