Browsing Magister Educationis - MEd (Mathematics) by Title
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The effect of an argumentation instructional model on pre-service teachers' ability to implement a science-IK curriculum
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)This study investigated the effect of an Argumentation Instructional Model (AIM) on the preservice teachers‘ ability to implement a Science-IK Curriculum in selected South African schools. I examined what instructional ... -
The effect of an argumentation-based instructional approach on Grade 3 learners' understanding of river pollution
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The research reported in this paper involves the use of dialogical argumentation in scientific context with 7-9 year olds as part of teaching and learning in primary classrooms. To develop an understanding of scientific ... -
The effect of graphic calculators on the mathematical achievement in quadratic functions of urban Eritrean grade 10 students
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of graphic calculators on the mathematical achievement of Eritrean grade 10 students related to the concepts of quadratic function. The study adopted a quasi-experimental ... -
Effects of a dialogical argumentation based instruction on grade 9 learners’ conceptions of a meteorological concept: cold fronts in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2012)This study looks at the effects of a dialogical argumentation instructional model (DAIM) on grade 9 learners understanding of selected meteorological concepts: Cold fronts in the Western Cape of South Africa. Using a ... -
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 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 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 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 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. ... -
Eritrean grade eight student understanding of algebraic variables
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)This study investigated Eritrean grade eight students' understanding of algebraic variables. A complete count survey of all secondary schools of one province was done and the one that took part in the study was Gash-Barka ... -
Exploring the effect of a Dialogical Argumentation Instructional Model in enhancing grade two learners' understanding of the day and night cycle
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Over the last 15 years the Department of Education has rolled out various projects in an attempt to improve Mathematics and Science results and to increase the amount of learners who exit their schooling with those subjects. ... -
The impact of using technology through cooperative learning on learners’ performance on grade 11 circle geometry
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Euclidean geometry was recently re-introduced as a compulsory topic in the Mathematics Curriculum for learners in the Further Education and Training (FET) band in 2012. The diagnostic analysis reports on the National Senior ... -
Implementing an intentional teaching model to investigate grade 9 learners’ ways of working with rational algebraic fractions
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)In South Africa it is widely known that most learners struggle with mathematics. The results for mathematics are poor. The department of basic education offers a number of intervention programmes to assist learners in ... -
Implementing an intentional teaching model to investigate the algebraic reasoning of grade 9 mathematics learners
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)This research has employed an intentional teaching model to investigate the algebraic reasoning of grade 9 learners from a low socio-economic background. It has also sought to study how learners engage with algebra to make ... -
The incorporation of the geometry involved in the traditional house building in mathematics education in Mozambique: the cases of zambezia and sofala provinces
(2009)The incorporation of the geometry involved in the traditional house building in Mathematics Education in Mozambique The cases of Zambézia and Sofala Provinces D. B. Soares PhD thesis, Department of Didactics, University ... -
Investigating pre-service natural science teachers’ perceptions of earth in space through spatial modelling and argumentation
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study involves a group of pre-service teachers who are specialising in Science and Mathematics education at a university in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The aim of the study was to investigate perceptions ... -
Investigating the impact of an intervention programme in a Grade 11 mathematics class : a case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The general performance of learners in mathematics in most secondary schools in South Africa is not encouraging. Statistics reveal that there is a general poor performance in mathematics and related science subjects ... -
An investigation into the nature of verbal interactions during the practical training of medical technology students
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)various ideas have been propagated regarding the way people come to know in apprenticeship situations. The particular set of social practice theory that informs this study is that related to old-timers and newcomers. The ... -
Investigation of learners’ ways of working with algebraic graphs in high-stakes mathematics examinations
(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 ...
