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Browsing Education by Author "Gaigher, Estelle"
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Ogegbo, Ayodele Abosede; Gaigher, Estelle; Salagaram, Trisha (Education Association of South Africa, 2019-02)This study explored teachers’ experiences in the teaching of electricity and magnetism during a Lesson Study intervention. Using a case study research design, a sample of 4 physical sciences teachers was conveniently ...
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Mazibe, Ernest Nkosingiphile; Gaigher, Estelle; Coetzee, Corene (Routledge, 2020)It has recently been suggested that pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has a concept-specific nature, beyond the topic-specific level of PCK. This paper reports a case study of three pre-service teachers’ reported PCK ...
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A comparison between reported and enacted pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) about graphs of motion Mazibe, Ernest Nkosingiphile; Coetzee, Corene; Gaigher, Estelle (Springer, 2020-06)This paper reports a case study of four grade 10 physical sciences teachers’ PCK about graphs of motion. We used three data collection strategies, namely teachers’ written accounts, captured by the content representation ...
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Cho, Mee-Ok; Scherman, Vanessa; Gaigher, Estelle (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012)This paper reports on secondary analysis of TIMSS 2003 data, based on a sound conceptual model, aiming to explain differential science achievement in South Africa from the perspective of educational effectiveness research. ...
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Vollebregt, Bronia Roxane; Gaigher, Estelle; Coetzee, Corene (Routledge, 2021)This study investigated the effect of in-service training in the use of the ripple tank equipment on science teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) about the topic of waves. Three Grade 10 Physical Sciences teachers ...
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Gaigher, Estelle; Rogan, John M.; Braun, Max Willi Hermann (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2006)A quasi-experimental study was undertaken to extend first-world research on physics problem solving into disadvantaged South African classrooms. Sixteen urban high schools, involving 189 learners, participated in the study, ...
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Effectiveness of individual and group investigations in developing integrated science inquiry skills Kazeni, Monde; Baloyi, Eddy; Gaigher, Estelle (Education Association of South Africa, 2018-08)The South African Physical Sciences Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) requires learners to develop science inquiry skills, including Integrated Science Inquiry Skills (ISIS). However, the performance of ...
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Cho, Mee-Ok; Scherman, Vanessa; Gaigher, Estelle (University of the Free State, 2014-12)This paper reports on secondary analysis of TIMSS 2003 data with the aim of explaining the difference in science achievement of Korean and South African learners. The question asked by this research, i.e. which factors ...
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Mazibe, Ernest Nkosingiphile; Gaigher, Estelle; Coetzee, Corene (Modestum LTD, 2023)This paper reports a case study that explored teachers’ dynamic pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) across three big ideas of electrostatics namely the electrostatic force, electric field, and electric field strength. ...
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Exploring the development of conceptual understanding through structured problem-solving in Physics Gaigher, Estelle; Rogan, John M.; Braun, Max Willi Hermann (Taylor & Francis, 2007-07)A study on the effect of a structured problem-solving strategy on problem-solving skills and conceptual understanding of physics was undertaken with 189 students in 16 disadvantaged South African schools. This paper focuses ...
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Ramaligela, Manto Sylvia; Gaigher, Estelle; Hattingh, Annemarie (Routledge, 2014-06)This study explored how Technology teachers in medium- and well-resourced schools use commercially prepared textbooks in their classrooms. A qualitative-interpretive design was used with a purposively selected sample of ...
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Coetzee, Moreen; Coetzee, Corene; Gaigher, Estelle (University of the Free State, Faculty of Education, 2022-12-23)This paper reports a quantitative study about university students’ conceptual understanding of simple DC-circuits when entering firstyear physics at a South African university. The aim was to investigate how conceptual ...
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Mamombe, Charles; Mathabathe, Kgadi Clarrie; Gaigher, Estelle (Modestum Publishing, 2020)A qualitative pre-/post-test case study was conducted to explore the influence of inquiry-based education in eliciting learners’ understanding of the particulate nature of matter in the gaseous phase. Two grade four ...
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Gaigher, Estelle (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-09-21)Hoewel daar heelwat internasionale navorsing gepubliseer is oor leerlinge se wanopvattings oor elektrisiteit, is daar weinig studies gedoen oor onderwysers se bewustheid van hierdie wanopvattings. Hierdie artikel doen ...
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Lederman, Judith; Lederman, Norman; Bartels, Selina; Jimenez, Juan; Akubo, Mark; Aly, Shereen; Bao, Chengcheng; Blanquet, Estelle; Blonder, Ron; Bologna Soares de Andrade, Mariana; Buntting, Catherine; Cakir, Mustafa; EL-Deghaidy, Heba; ElZorkani, Ahmed; Gaigher, Estelle; Guo, Shuchen; Hakanen, Arvi; Hamed Al-Lal, Sraya; Han-Tosunoglu, Cigdem; Hattingh, Annemarie; Hume, Anne; Irez, Serhat; Kay, Gillian; Kivilcan Dogan, Ozgur; Kremer, Kerstin; Kuo, Pi-Chu; Lavonen, Jari; Lin, Shu-Fen; Liu, Cheng; Liu, Enshan; Liu, Shiang-Yao; Lv, Bin; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; McDonald, Christine; Neumann, Irene; Pan, Yaozhen; Picholle, Eric; Rivero García, Ana; Rundgren, Carl-Johan; Santibáñez-Gómez, David; Saunders, Kathy; Schwartz, Renee; Voitle, Frauke; Von Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Wei, Fangbing; Wishart, Jocelyn; Wu, Zhifeng; Xiao, Huang; Yalaki, Yalcin; Zhou, Qiaoxue (Wiley, 2019-04)Although understandings of scientific inquiry (as opposed to conducting inquiry) are included in science education reform documents around the world, little is known about what students have learned about inquiry during ...
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Gaigher, Estelle; Lederman, Norman; Lederman, Judith (Routledge, 2014)This paper reports a study on South African learners‟ knowledge about scientific inquiry using the Views About Scientific Inquiry (VASI) questionnaire. The sample consisted of 105 grade 11 learners from 7 schools across ...
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Mothokwa, Sekgopo Sydney; Gaigher, Estelle; Randall, Elize; Moen, Melanie Carmen (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-01-31)Hierdie artikel beskryf ’n gevallestudie wat bydra tot die navorsingsliteratuur oor die ontwikkeling van 21ste-eeuse vaardighede in wetenskapklasse in Suid-Afrika. Die studie ondersoek die wyse waarop vier ervare ...
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Gaigher, Estelle (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2014)This article reports an exploratory multi-case study on how science teachers understand and envisage addressing learners’ misconceptions about electric circuits. Four teachers from schools in and around a large South ...
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Gaigher, Estelle (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2014)This article reports an exploratory multi-case study on how science teachers understand and envisage addressing learners’ misconceptions about electric circuits. Four teachers from schools in and around a large South ...
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Akuma, Fru Vitalis; Gaigher, Estelle (Modestum Ltd., 2021)There are many challenges associated with Inquiry-Based Practical Work (IBPW), scattered in the school and post-school natural sciences education research literature. The goal of the systematic review presented in this ...
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