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Theses and Dissertations (Science, Mathematics and Technology Education): Recent submissions
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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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(University of Pretoria, 2021-03)This study explored the digital didactical designs of four senior and FET language teachers at a private school. Participants collaborated within a Community of Practice during the study that served as a Teacher Professional ...
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The role of mathematical tasks in providing grade 10 Learners an opportunity to learn trigonometry (University of Pretoria, 2021-05)Poor mathematics performance in South African schools is a major concern (Reddy et al., 2014) and learners’ opportunity to learn is one of the concepts that needs to be explored in schools (Dowd, Friedlander & Guajardo, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)This study explored how Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) elicits learners’ reasoning about stoichiometry. The study further explored the perceptions of both teachers and learners over the use of POGIL in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)In this study, the use of robotics was explored in a Grade 12 Technical Sciences class, to further understand it as an emerging pedagogy that allows learners to apply creative thinking and produce innovative solutions to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Poor learner performance in mathematics is consistently observed throughout the education system in South Africa and starkly pronounced in historically disadvantaged schools in historically disadvantaged environments. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This study investigated the effect of training in equipment use on science teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) about the wave concept. The levels of teachers' reported PCK was explored before and after in-service ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Ratio is one of the key mathematics concepts included in the South African Mathematics curriculum. It is applied in other topics of the Grade 7 curriculum, including geometry, functions and relationships, algebra, similarity ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Learning environments that intrigue the Generation Z learner while transferring communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking skills are what is needed to prepare this generation for the challenges that ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The learning difficulties prevalent among mathematics students are widely documented. This case study explores the difficulties experienced by National Certificate (Vocational) Level 2 mathematics students at a Technical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Low levels of learner performance in Mathematics in the Senior Phase (Grades 7-9) in South Africa is often attributed to insufficient mathematics content knowledge among teachers. Although this view might be justifiable, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which ICT (Information Communication Technology) is accepted and used in teaching in four public South African schools. The constructs of the Technology Acceptance ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of GeoGebra training on teachers and learners in rural geometry classrooms. The conceptual framework that was used in this study was based on the four-level training ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Teachers are motivated by different factors to choose teaching, including mathematics education as a career. Before 1994 career guidance was not often used to inform career choice, especially in the rural schools of South ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Literature describes different stances with respect to conceptual and procedural mathematical knowledge. The concept-driven versus skills-orientated perspectives have led to “math wars” between researchers, while some ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)In order to compete in the 21st century, it is vital for policymakers and school leaders to create technology-based classrooms for teaching and learning. Teachers are of significant importance in implementing information ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)To achieve a National Senior Certification, all South African candidates must select two official South African languages, one on Home Language (HL) level and another on First Additional Language (FAL) level. With the FAL ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This study investigates how mathematics teachers help Visually Impaired (VI) learners to construct mathematics knowledge. This investigation involved identifying the challenges encountered by high school mathematics teachers ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Design thinking and decision-making during the design process have been found to be hierarchical, representing a general pattern in which designers consider various types of intentions while conceptualising their particular ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Lesson Study (LS) is a trusted format for teachers to work in communities of practice (COP). The process is a cyclic repetition of collaborative planning, teaching, observation of lessons, group reflections and lesson ...
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