Potgieter, Marietjie; Davidowitz, Bette; Venter, Elsie(Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2008)
Many universities in South Afirca use alternative admissions tests together with results of the Grade 12 examinations for access of placement. These tests focus on academic literacy and mathematical skills and doe not ...
Potgieter, Marietjie; Davidowitz, Bette(South African Chemical Institute, 2010)
There has been much discussion on the impact of the new curricula for Grades 10–12 on the preparedness for tertiary studies of the 2009 cohort in subjects such as mathematics, chemistry and physics. Using the Chemical ...
The introduction of an outcomes-based curriculum in South Africa together with a new syllabus for physical sciences for grades 10–12, prompted the development of an
instrument to monitor conceptual understanding in ...
Potgieter, Marietjie; Davidowitz, Bette(The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011-04)
The development of the Chemistry Competence Test was prompted by the extensive curriculum changes in the South African school system after democracy was established in 1994. As chemists, we were concerned that there might ...
Research has shown that a high level of content knowledge (CK) is
necessary but not sufficient to develop the special knowledge base
of expert teachers known as pedagogical content knowledge (PCK).
This study contributes ...
