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Investigating teaching and learning of Grade 9 Algebra through excel spreadsheets : a mixed-methods case study for Lesotho

Ntsohi, Mamosa M. E. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The teaching and learning of algebra in the middle school grades in Lesotho is dominated by the mechanistic approach where learners are drilled on procedures for solving certain types of problems in ...
The didactisation practices in primary school mathematics teachers through modelling

Biccard, Piera (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mathematics teacher development is a source of national and international concern. This study describes how primary school mathematics teachers develop didactisation practices. In considering how teachers ...
'n Ondersoek na 'n sin van plek en 'n pedagogie van plek in 'n Wes-Kaapse skool

Ontong, Krystle (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study attempted to present a nuanced perspective on the sense of place of learners and the extent to which teachers practice a pedagogy of place. In the study, the researcher investigated the sense ...
Towards the democratisation of senior phase school science through the applicatin of educational technology

Waghid, Faiq (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation I report on an action research study in relation to the democratisation of science education in a Grade 10 life sciences classroom at a local high school through the application of ...
A framework for effective practice in community engagement in higher education in a postgraduate programme at North-West University

Wilson, Lizane (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the past number of years, the pressure on universities worldwide, including universities in South Africa, has increased to bridge the gap between higher education and society. This includes becoming ...
An evaluation of the influence of an HIV/AIDS peer education programme at a higher education institution in the Western Cape

Vember, Hilda Frances (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa is now in its eighteenth year of democracy. However, a major problem that we are facing is the scourge of the HIV/AIDS pandemic throughout Africa, with the most seriously affected areas ...
Investigating teaching and learning support for students with hearing impairment at a university in the Western Cape

Bell, Diane (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globally, hearing impairment remains the most common congenital anomaly diagnosed in infants, and hearing impairment is the single largest disability grouping in South Africa. Growing numbers of students ...
Teachers’ experiences of implementing the Further Education and Training (FET) Science Curriculum

Koopman, Oscar (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated a single research question, that is: How do teachers experience the implementation of the Further Education and Training (FET) National Curriculum Statement (NCS) for Physical ...
Arts and culture teachers' experiences of and responses to curriculum change

Lombard, Jeffrey J. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The provision of quality education for all South African learners has been an issue of central concern since the advent of the democratic dispensation in 1994. One initiative since 1998 was the implementation ...
Implementing education for sustainable development : the role of geography in South African secondary schools

Dube, Carolina (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) (2004-2015), better teaching and learning of environmental education and education for sustainable development (EE and ESD) in schools ...
Engaging the curriculum in visual communication design : a critical citizenship education perspective

Costandius, Elmarie (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The importance of global and local change and transformation is emphasised through initiatives such as the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (2012) and the Earth Charter Initiatives ...
Coaching foundation phase literacy teachers as leaders in a school in the Western Cape Province : a professional development strategy

Rutgers, Linda (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African education system needs literacy teachers with the capacity to lead innovative and appropriate literacy instruction in schools. Schools can benefit from suitable continuous professional ...
Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) as an instruction design perspective for introducing the relationship between the derivative and integral via distance education

Kizito, Rita Ndagire (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The rationale for this study emerged from a realization that conventional instructional design approaches for introducing Calculus concepts, based on the logical sequencing and structuring of the concepts, ...
Musiekopvoeding onder die Kaaplandse Departement van Onderwys, 1916-1984 : 'n histories-kritiese studie

Smit, E.(Etienne) (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1985-11)

INLEIDING: Daar is nog nie veel navorsing ten opsigte van musiekopvoeding en -onderwys, soos dit in die Suid-Afrikaanse situasie van toepassing is, voltooi nie. Name wat in hierdie verband wel vermelding verdien, is o.a. ...
Verhoging van laerskoolleerlinge se vlak van bewustheid van die distributiewe eienskap in rekenkunde

Vermeulen, Cornelis Franz (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1995)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The rationale for this study essentially is the perceived and reported misconceptions in algebra that exist within pupils in the Junior Secondary phase. These misconceptions are the direct result of ...
The influence of readibility of examination questions on achievement in senior secondary school mathematics : a study on verbal problems with special reference to second language readers

Prins, Elizabeth Diana (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1995-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the influence of readability of mathematics examination questions on achievement. The aim of any mathematics examination is to assess whether the aims of a specific mathematics ...
South African higher education institutions as learning organisations : a leadership process model

Van der Westhuizen, André Jeánne (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT:Reform is one of the most controversial elements in higher education and has therefore attracted much attention from within the academic community and from outside. The present higher education scene is ...
Conceptualisation and measurement of the empowerment of workers : an educational perspective

Albertyn, Ruth Meriel (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the era of globalisation, demands for increased productivity and multiple skills present challenges to adult educators in their role of facilitating empowerment in individuals. The proposed link ...
A curriculum framework for consumer learning at a higher education institution

Crafford, S. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is aimed at developing a curriculum framework for consumer learning at a higher education institution, using a case study design. To determine the need for consumer learning at the Cape Peninsula ...
Factors impacting on first-year students' academic progress at a South African university

McGhie, Venicia F. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Research project explored the learning experiences of two groups of first-year students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape during the course of 2009/2010. ...

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