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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Science, Mathematics and Technology Education) by Issue Date
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Ndlalane, Thembi Constance
(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-07)
Changing classroom practice is a difficult and complicated business. It involves challenging both what teachers know and do in their classrooms. It involves a process of re-configuring both teacher knowledge and practice. ...
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Goolam, Faroon
(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-13)
Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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De Villiers, Jan Adriaan
(University of Pretoria, 2007)
Computer games have not only invaded the lives of children, but the lives of adults as well. Increasingly, computer games have become a part of popular culture. Initially computer games were considered to be a waste of ...
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McBride, Charlotte May
(University of Pretoria, 2007-02-09)
This study was designed to investigate teachers’ success in implementing an innovative programme (Project Atmosphere). It also investigates teachers’ perceptions of self-efficacy, teacher-efficacy and teacher-perceived ...
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Kazeni, Mungandi Monde Monica
(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-04)
The South African Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS), curriculum guides, and instructional materials on the Outcomes Based Education (OBE), emphasize the development and use of science process skills. Learners ...
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Leepile, Gosetsemang
(University of Pretoria, 2009)
The aim of this research was to explore how examiners achieve and maintain high quality assessment during marking and moderation of the BGCSE (Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education) Home Economics coursework ...
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Peloagae, Makunye Joseph
(University of Pretoria, 2009)
This is a four year longitudinal study into learner experiences of transition from the General Education and Training band to the Further Education and Training band in science. The study focused on Natural Science in the ...
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Maboa, Tsietsi Esrom Izzy
(University of Pretoria, 2009)
This research evaluates the causes for the failure of DoL training projects to produce a skilled and employable workforce after being trained through the Skills Development Act initiatives. The actual teaching process ...
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Carolus, Adam
(University of Pretoria, 2009-10-02)
This research study investigates how English First Additional Language learners respond to animation in Physical Science learning in a rural Further Education and Training (FET) Grade 10 class. A study was implemented to ...
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Gumede, Msongelwa John
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
This research aimed at exploring how inclusivity, integration and equity are incorporated in the teaching of Life Sciences in the inclusive schools where learners with visual impairment attend. The issues of integration, ...
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Ramaligela, Manto Sylvia
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
This study explores how technology teachers evaluate, select and use commercially prepared textbooks, comparing practices in well-resourced and medium-resourced schools in South Africa. The study is led by two research ...
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Archer, Elizabeth
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
Globally, a wealth of educational data has been collected on learner performance in a bid to improve and monitor the quality of education. Unfortunately, the data seem to have had only limited influence on learning and ...
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Vandeyar, Thirusellvan
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
The purpose of this study is to explore how education policy on information and communication technology (ICT) influences teaching and learning in South African schools. An instrumental case study applying backward mapping ...
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Van Staden, Surette
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
This study aims to identify and explain relationships between some major factors associated with successful reading at Grade 5 level in South African primary schools. In South Africa, grave concerns with regards to low ...
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Nkwana, Simon Mangwato
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the responses of educators and school management team members on a Curriculum Delivery Intervention Programme (CDIP) in a township school. The study also examined the factors ...
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Zimmerman, Lisa
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
The findings of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006 highlighted concerns about support for and the quality of reading literacy teaching in South African primary schools. In South Africa there ...
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Ngololo, E.N. (Elizabeth Ndeukumwa)
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
Many governments across the world have invested a lot of resources in information and communication technology (ICT) development with an aim to enhance teaching and learning using technology in schools. New educational ICT ...
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Verwey, Johanna Cornelia (Hanlie)
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
This study investigated the interaction of mathematics teachers with learners’ mathematical errors. The teachers’ verbal interaction with learners’ errors during learning periods and their written interaction in assessment ...
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De Bruin, IIse
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
Multilingualism in the classroom is one of the many challenges found in the cumbersome bag that the South African education system is carrying over its shoulders at present. Globalisation and migration have added to the ...
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De Swardt, Marieta
(University of Pretoria, 2010-04-28)
This study reflects on an outreach initiative between two differing tertiary cultures established on different continents. The aim is to develop an understanding of what happens when a prestigious American university and ...