Browsing Magister Educationis - MEd by Author "Julie, Cyril"
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An analysis of the feasibility of incorporating production activities in school Mathematics
Fray, Benjamina Johanna (University of the Western Cape, 1996)I taught for fourteen years, as a secondary school mathematics teacher, at schools in disadvantaged communities in South Africa. During this period pupils' attitude towards school mathematics textbooks drew my attention, ... -
Analysis of the ways of working of learners in the final grade 12 mathematical literacy examination papers: focussing on questions related to measurement
Simons, Marius (University of Western Cape, 2012)Mathematical Literacy has a dual meaning in South Africa. On the one hand it alludes to an understanding of the role of Mathematics in the real world. On the other hand it refers to a subject that is taken by students who ... -
A comparison between the contexts Grade 10 learners prefer for Mathematical Literacy and those reflected in the TIMSS survey
Snyders, Charles John (University of the Western Cape, 2006)This study focuses on the contexts grade 10 learners prefer to deal with in mathematical literacy. These preferred contexts of the learners were then compared with the contextual situations found in the Third International ... -
A comparison between the contexts grade 10 learners prefer for mathematical literacy and those reflected in the timss survey
Snyders, Charles John (University of the Western Cape, 2006)This study focuses on the contexts grade 10 learners prefer to deal with in mathematical literacy. These preferred contexts of the learners were then compared with the contextual situations found in the Third International ... -
A Comparison between the Contexts learners in Grades 8,9 and 10 prefer for Mathematical Literacy
Barnes, M.S. (University of the Western Cape, 2006)The use of contexts in school mathematics is receiving much attention both nationally and internationally. This as well as the scarcity of research focusing on the topic stimulated me to research the contexts preferred by ... -
Crouching learners, hidden values: values in school mathematical literacy lessons
Rughubar-Reddy, Sheena (University of the Western Cape, 2012)Local and international pundits concur that education systems play a pivotal role in fostering and developing values in learners. In some countries, like South Africa, the values and rights enshrined in the Constitution ... -
Die skepping van 'n plaaslike intellektuele gemeenskap vir die leer van skoolwiskunde
Fortune, Ronald Arthur (University of the Western Cape, 1996)Leer word ln dle konteks van hierdie tesis beskou as 'n proses om lidmaatskap aan 'n volgehoue geneenskap van praktisyns te bekom. In skole word volgehoue gemeenskappe van praktlsyns egter moeilik bespeur. Dit ls egter ... -
Exploring strategies and approaches grade ten learners in eritrea use when studying a given mathematical model
Kahsay, Yohannes Kibreab (University of the Western Cape, 2001)This study explores the strategies and approaches grade ten leaners in Eritrea use when studying a given mathematical model. In this study, ten learners selected from a grade ten mathematics class had been presented with ... -
Exploring the effect of implementing intentional teaching strategy on grade 9 learners’ perceptions of teaching of mathematics
April, Rita (University of the Western Cape, 2020)In this study I explored grade 9 learners’ perceptions after the implementation of “intentional teaching”. The research question is: “What are the perceptions of grade 9 learners of the teaching they experience in mathematics?” ... -
Exploring transformative possibilities in the use of computers in education
Manie, Ashiek (University of the Western Cape, 1993)This mini-thesis deals essentially with the issue of computers in- education. It, is a very basic investigation into the impact of computers on the learning and teaching environment and is particularly concerned with the ... -
How does learners involvement in extra-curricular activities relate to their disposition towards academic schooling?
Teledia, Ismail (University of the Western Cape, 2003)This thesis focuses on an area of schooling, namely extra-curricular activity, that should form an integral part of the daily activities of a school. This unfortunately was not the case at the school where I am teaching. ... -
The interpretation and construction of global graphs by eritrean grade nine students (an exploratory study)
Gebreyohannes, Mengisteab. Teklemicheal (University of the Western Cape, 2000)In this study the interpretation and construction of global graphs by grade nine Eritrean students is explored in a qualitative research paradigm called developmental research. The experience of these students in an ... -
An investigation into the use of graphic calculators for teaching the manipulative aspects of school calculus
Erentzen, Jerome Keith (University of the Western Cape, 1995)In a teaching experiment conducted over a period of three weeks, matric pupils were exposed to the teaching of introductory calculus in a graphically enriched environment. Materials were designed to explore and experiment ... -
Perceived experiences that grade seven learners have in learning algebra
Matsolo, Matjala Lydia (University of the Western Cape, 2006)This thesis investigates grade seven learners perceived experiences in learning algebra.Things that learners do and say during algebra lessons and about algebra were investigated. The study was done at one of the previously ...