Browsing by Author "Julie, C"
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Context preferences of teachers in South Africa and South Korea for mathematics in schools
Van Schalkwyk, Gregory Peter. (University of the Western Cape, 2007)The study was located within the project : Relevance of school mathematics Education (ROSME) of the Department of Dicactics at the University of the Western Cape. The research was undertaken in the belief that mathematics ... -
Continuous professional learning community of mathematics teachers in the Western Cape: developing a professional learning community through a school-university partnership
Smith, Charles Raymond (University of the Western Cape, 2015-11)Ways of enacting effective professional development (PD) and professional learning (PL) of teachers are diverse and often contested and therefore needs sustained inquiry (Schuck, Aubussona, Kearney, & Burden, 2013). The ... -
An investigation into the use of a computer algebra system for the teaching of introductory school calculus
Mbekwa, Osmond Monde (University of the Western Cape, 1995)Mathematics education in South Africa is in a state of crisis. One manifestation of this crisis is that students in the former Department of Education and Training (DET), which catered for blacks in the former Apartheid ... -
Investigation of learners’ ways of working with algebraic graphs in high-stakes mathematics examinations
Lumbala, Paul Desire Mutombo (University of the Western Cape, 2015-11)Algebraic graphs are a difficult topic for most secondary school mathematics learners. My experience as a Mathematics teacher in the Further Education and Training Phase (FET) is that learners solve problems involving ... -
Preferred contexts for mathematical literacy of Korean grade 8-10 learners
Kim, Sun Hi (University of the Western Cape, 2006)The twenty-first century society demands a high level of mathematical literacy. This drove Korean educators to evaluate their students using international mathematics tests such as TIMSS, PISA and IMO. In these tests, ... -
Problem-solving in geometry in collaborative small group settings: how learners appropriate mathematical tools while working in small groups
Cooper, Phadiela (University of the Western Cape, 2011)Problem-solving in Mathematics is an important skill. The poor performance of South African learners in international tests such as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and in schools in general ...