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Theses and Dissertations (Science, Mathematics and Technology Education): Recent submissions
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Development of 21st century thinking skills in early childhood learners through coding and robotics (University of Pretoria, 2021)The rise in dependency on technology has had an impact on the field of education. Specifically, young learners are being encouraged to start engaging with technology, and start developing 21st century thinking skills. There ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Education is the front line for the growth and expansion of ICT and is therefore regarded as essential for national improvement. For this reason, modern educators are required to move away from traditional teaching methods ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Many South African parents prefer English as the language of instruction and associate it with greater socio-economic success for their children. Constructive writing may be experienced as challenging for learners whose ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Interventions to address South Africa’s mathematics educational crisis are ample, but little to none of them integrate Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) within a blended learning environment (BLE) (Padayachee, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The purpose of this study was to explore and describe how technology teachers perceive and implement formative feedback during the Early Phases of the Design Process (EPoDP) in technology classrooms. Formative feedback is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The aim of this study was to understand how teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) recorded through non-observational means is related to their interpretation of the South African curriculum in Faraday’s law. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Gamification is the use of game elements in non-gaming contexts. In this study Jasperactive (JA), a gamification software program was used to teach End-User Computing (EUC). This study explored how gamification can be used ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-08-31)Cyberbullying has become a growing trend in the last decade as the anonymity of online platforms fuels easier ways to intimidate peers. This study investigated the association between being a victim of cyberbullying and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-05-01)This dissertation reports on the secondary analysis of data obtained in 2013 about first-year university student’s conceptual understanding of concepts related to simple DC-circuits. The aim was to investigate the nature ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)South African mathematical teachers are being introduced to the pedagogical tool, Meaning Equivalence Reusable Learning Objects (MERLO) as formative assessment (FA) practised in the senior phase (Grade 8 and 9), to promote ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-03)Learners with Cerebral palsy (CP) experience many barriers to learning in classrooms. Due to these barriers, learners are often deprived of quality education. These barriers may be minimised with the use of Assistive ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)In a Smart School, the teacher is a co-participant in the learning process. Researchers have identified the importance of the social presence of teachers using blended teaching platforms. They emphasise that social presence ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is a large-scale reading comprehension assessment, which assesses Grade 4 learners’ reading literacy achievement. The findings from the last cycle of PIRLS 2016 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The study investigated teachers’ formative assessment practice and the value they attach to formative assessment in primary schools in the Lagos and Kwara States of Nigeria. A total of 120 respondents were selected using ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This study aimed to investigate the role of classroom formative assessment practice in geography. Although geography enjoys a good pass rate percentage in the Grade 12 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This study investigated the relationship between teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) about electrostatics and learners' performance in the topic. Two in-service and two pre-service physical science teachers, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The South African Department of Basic Education (2011) has articulated the need for learners to think critically. The development of critical thinking skills has therefore been explicitly included in various education ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe how technology teachers foster a positive disposition towards Critical Thinking (CT) in their learners. One of the general aims listed in the South African National ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This study aimed at determining the factors that significantly impact on the implementation rate of open learning in the South African TVET college sector. Despite government’s visionary papers and open learning policy ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This study, drawing on the Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS) Literacy 2016 learner achievement data, aimed to examine the relationship between teacher profiles in terms of teachers’ age, years of experience ...
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