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Effects of a Dialogical Argumentation Instructional Model on Grade 10 Learners' Conception of Fermentation
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The study catered for empirical and metaphysical dimensions of science and IKS. The study employed a quasi-experimental design as well as a qualitative research design. Two cohorts of students from a fictitiously named ... -
Effects of a dialogical argumentation instructional model on grade 10 learners’ conceptions of lightning
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The study employed a quasi-experimental design to determine the effect of DAIM on learners’ conceptions of lightning. The experimental group was taught using DAIM while the control group was taught the same content using ... -
Effects of a dialogical argumentation instructional model on science teachers’ understanding of capacitors in selected Western Cape schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This study investigated 1) the conceptions on capacitors held by a group teachers in the Western Cape; 2) the effect of a dialogical argumentation instructional model on the teachers’ conceptions on the capacitor; and 3) ... -
Effects of a distributed interleaved teaching strategy on automaticity in intermediate phase Mathematics
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 2015 indicate that South African learners fare poorly against their international counterparts. Results of these tests show that South African learners ... -
Effects of a mathematics teaching strategy based on distributed interleaved practice on procedural and conceptual knowledge
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This study investigated the effects a teaching strategy based on interleaved distributed practice had on learners in three grade 6 classes’ procedural and conceptual knowledge within a, previously disadvantaged, Cape Town ... -
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 ... -
The effects of an instructional strategy on Grade 11 learners understanding of genetics
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)Research into learning genetics has largely focused on issues such as problem solving and the process of meiosis. The central concept of genetics, however, has received very little attention despite the fact that it is ... -
The effects of an instructional strategy on grade 11 learners' understanding of genetics
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)Research into learning genetics has largely focused on issues such as problem solving and the process of meiosis. The central concept of genetics, however, has received very little attention despite the fact that it is one ... -
Effects of dialogical argumentation instruction on grade 10 learners’ understanding of concepts of chemical equations
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study explored the dialogical argumentation instruction approach to determine whether it enhanced grade ten learners‟ understanding of the chemical equation concept. Toulmin‟s argumentation pattern and the contiguity ... -
Effects of Dialogical Argumentation – Assessment for Learning Instructional Model on Grade 10 Learners’ Conceptions and Performance on Static Electricity
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)This study examined the effects of using Dialogical Argumentation and Assessment for Learning as an Instructional Method (DAAFLIM) in teaching static electricity focussing on lightning as an example of static electricity ... -
Effects of exemplary teaching and learning materials on students performance in biology
(University of the Western Cape, 1998)This study sought to determine the effects of exemplary teaching and learning materials on students' participation and achievement in biology in Botswana science classrooms. In particular, it was concerned with examining ... -
Effects of using a dialogical argumentation instructional model to teach grade 11 learners some concepts of sound by means of indigenous musical instruments
(UWC, 2012)Two grade 11 classes of two high schools in Cape Town were taught some concepts of sound by means of indigenous musical instruments. The purpose was to find out the relative effects (or none) of two instructional strategies. ... -
Emancipatory education in a workplace
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)The thesis is about an action research project which had an emancipatory educational intent. The social situation in which this research took place involved people in a specific workplace. Because education is historically ... -
Emerging technologies for teaching and learning: An investigation into the use and role of iPads in grade six English second language in three primary schools in Northern Zambia
(University of Western Cape, 2021)The current study framed as, ‘Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning: An Investigation into the Role and Use Of iPads In English Second Language in Three Primary Schools in Northern Zambia,’ is situated in Northern ... -
Emotional and social education rethinking the curriculum for primary school student teachers
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)The aim of this thesis is to explore the notion of emotional and social education in the curriculum for primary school student teachers, focusing on the development of students 'emotional and social competence. I argue ... -
English as medium of instruction in grade 11 geography: a case of one secondary school in the Western Cape
(2008)This study explores the effect of English as medium of instruction in Geography teaching in Grade 11. It focuses on classroom interaction where both the teachers and learners have limited proficiency in the language of ... -
The enhancement of psychosocial support for foundation phase learners who experience psychosocial challenges at one no-fee school in the Cape Metropole
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)Psychosocial support has been identified as a priority action area by the Department of Basic Education in South Africa. It is therefore a pivotal part of teaching and learning, especially for vulnerable learners who ... -
Enhancing a culture of teaching, learning and values in a grade 12 geography classroom: A case study in a secondary school in the Western Cape
(2008)This research study, which is a case study, investigates strategies employed by educators to enhance the culture of teaching, learning and values in a Grade 12 Geography classroom in a secondary school in the Western Cape. ... -
An epistemological critique of action research
(University of the Western cape, 1991)Part Two investigates claims of action research authors Grundy, Carr anrl Kemn1s ln respect of their clalm that actlon research is a democratic form of research. I state this claim and draw attention to the primacy, for ... -
Epistemological obstacles in coming to understand the limit concept at undergraduate level: a case of the National University of Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The purpose of this study was to investigate the epistemological obstacles that mathematics students at undergraduate level encounter in coming to understand the limit concept. The role played by language and symbolism in ...