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Teaching electrical circuits in grade 10 physical science using a conceptual change approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the teaching of electric circuits in Grade 10 Physical Sciences using a conceptual change approach would enhance learners' understanding of the concept. The conceptual ...
The application of cooperative learning to enhance the teaching of Nature of Science for scientific literacy advancement in secondary school physical science students
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The purpose of this study was to explore, demonstrate and apply cooperative learning when explicitly exposing Nature of Science (NoS) to physical science secondary students aiming at advancing scientific literacy. Secondary ...
Pre-service science teachers’ conceptual and procedural difficulties in solving mathematical problems in physical science
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Students frequently leave first-year physical science classes with a dual set of
physical laws in mind- the equations to be applied to qualitative problems and the
entrenched set of concepts, many erroneous, to be applied ...
Exploring Grade 9 Mathematics learners learning of congruency based proofs in geometry via a web-based learning system
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Globally, research and evaluation reports show that students are not learning
congruency-based proofs, as part of the Geometry section of mathematics, efficiently.
One identifier of student understanding related to ...
An investigation of strategies used by grade 4 learners to solve measurement type word problems
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The aim of this study was to investigate and highlight the problem-solving strategies used by
grade 4 learners when solving measurement word problems. Furthermore, it aimed at revealing
how learners go about using these ...