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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
301

Media integration in the teaching of mathematics in the Pre-primary and Primary schools

Seopo-Sengwe, Mmamapalo Elinah 11 1900 (has links)
The fundamental purpose of this research is to establish whether mathematics can be taught effectively with the use of appropriate media and to further establish the possible effects of media in the teaching of mathematics. The research touched on the principles and guidelines of media selection and the various methods that could be utilized in conjunction with media in the teaching of mathematics in the pre-primary and primary schools. In media selection, the emphasis was that media must be chosen objectively rather than on the basis of personal preference and that the effectiveness of media is dependent on the suitability of the physical conditions surrounding it. The overall findings regarding media utilization is that most educators believe that media used in conjunction with a suitable or appropriate method should help to actualize what is expected from the learner. The research method in this study can be divided into a literature study and an empirical investigation. The literature study was done with a view to support the introductory orientation of this study. The focus was on learning as an active process, it also highlighted how the young learners acquire knowledge and how their interaction with their environment impacts on their cognitive development. The research also dealt with concept formation with special reference to the variety of concepts such as physical sensory concepts, action-function concepts, evaluative concepts and abstract concepts. The questionnaire was used to gather data from seventy (70) educators about media integration in the teaching of mathematics in the pre-primary and primary schools. An observation guide was also used during the observation of the presentation of twelve (12) lessons by eight (8) teachers from the pre-primary and primary schools. The lessons included the nature and characteristics of media employed in the lessons. The following factors were taken into account: (a) lesson plan layout (b) specific outcomes (c) contact accuracy and relevance (d) learner variables and interest (e) the learning environment and (ij the mediation capabilities of the educator (g) availability of media in schools The discussion of data collected was followed by the data analysis and interpretation. The statistical techniques were used to put the researcher in a position to either reject or accept the null hypothesis. The techniques used were the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, the Pearson Correlation coefficient, the NPar Test and Friedman Test. On the basis of the findings the researcher has sufficient, concrete evidence to conclude that the results invalidate the null hypothesis tested. Therefore the researcher's conclusion is that: (a) there is a possible effect of media in the teaching of mathematics lessons in the preprimary and primary schools. (b) there is a possible effect of media selection and integration of media in mathematics lessons. / Psychology of Education / D. Ed. (Psychology of Education)
302

Investigating the effectiveness of problem-based learning in the further mathematics classroom

Fatade, Alfred Olufemi 11 1900 (has links)
The study investigated the effectiveness of Problem-based learning (PBL) in the Further Mathematics classrooms in Nigeria within the blueprint of pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design. The target population consisted of all Further Mathematics students in the Senior Secondary School year one in Ijebu division of Ogun State, Nigeria. Using purposive and simple random sampling techniques, two schools were selected from eight schools that were taking Further Mathematics. One school was randomly assigned as the experimental while the other as the control school. Intact classes were used and in all, 96 students participated in the study (42 in the experimental group taught by the researcher with the PBL and 54 in the control group taught by the regular Further Mathematics teacher using the Traditional Method (TM)). Four research questions and four research hypotheses were raised, answered, and tested in the study. Four research instruments namely pre-test manipulated at two levels: Researcher-Designed Test (RDT) (r = 0.87) and Teacher- Made Test (TMT) (r = 0.88); post-test manipulated at two levels: RDT and TMT; pre-treatment survey of Students Beliefs about Further Mathematics Questionnaire (SBFMQ) (r = 0.86); and post-treatment survey of SBFMQ were developed for the study. The study lasted thirteen weeks (three weeks for pilot study and ten weeks for main study) and data collected were analysed using Mean, Standard deviation, Independent Samples t-test statistic, and Analysis of Variance. Results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the mean post-test achievement scores on TMT (t=-3.58, p<0.05), mean post-test achievement scores on RDT (t=-5.92, p<0.05) and mean post-treatment scores on SBFMQ (t=-6.22, p<0.05) between students exposed to the PBL and those exposed to the TM, all in favour of the PBL group. Results also revealed that there was statistically significant difference in the post-test achievement scores on TMT at knowledge (t= -23.97, p<0.05) and application (t= -11.41, p<0.05) but not at comprehension (t= -0.50, p>0.05, ns) levels of cognition between students exposed to the PBL and the TM. Based on the results, the study recommended that the PBL should be adopted as alternative instructional strategy to the TM in enhancing meaningful learning in Further Mathematics classrooms and efforts should be made to integrate the philosophy of PBL into the pre-service teachers’ curriculum at the teacher-preparation institutions in Nigeria. / Science and Technology Education / D. Phil. (Mathematics, Science and Technology Education)
303

An analysis of grade 10 mathematics task perform from a feeder school perspective

Makgaleng, Mphalele Peter. January 2015 (has links)
M. Tech. Education / There are two systems of secondary education in South Africa. Some secondary schools are composed of five grades: 8 to 12 (Secondary System A, SS-A), while others start at Grade 10-12 (Secondary System B, SS-B). As can be anticipated, these two systems are compositionally different, with schools in SS-B being dependent on feeder schools around them for enrolment of Grade 10 learners every year. This means that the composition of Grade 10 learners in these two systems is not the same. This study acknowledges that there are important differences in Grade 10 learners belonging to these two systems.
304

Pre-service teachers' handling of linear algebra in a problem-centred approach

George, Salimma 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MEd)--University of Stellenbsoch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The primary concern of the study is how pre-service teachers perform after they have been exposed to a section of a linear algebra course based on the problem-centred approach. The students were in their final (3rd ) year of a teacher education course at a college of education which prepares them to teach mathematics at high school level. Sixty students, who formed the experimental group, were exposed to a linear algebra section, which was underpinned by the tenets of the problem-centred approach. The control group comprised of 60 students of similar mathematical background and they were taught the linear algebra section in the conventional way. The main study is preceded by an overview of the history of the teaching of linear algebra and this overview rendered that certain aspects of linear algebra were historically taught in context. Furthermore an analysis of current secondary school mathematics curricula indicated that there are components of linear algebra present in these syllabi. To test whether there was any significant effect of the experimental course, both groups were subjected to the same linear algebra test items at the end of the experimental period. The null hypothesis tested was: there will be no significant difference between the achievement scores of the experimental and control groups. A simple statistical two-tailed test for the difference between two means was done. This test confirmed the rejection of the null hypothesis at the 0,01 level of significance. It is thus accepted that the superior achievement of the experimental group was due to the intervention - approaching aspects of linear algebra through the problem-centred approach. To get an indication of the strategies the experimental group followed to solve linear algebra problems, an analysis was done of the written work of the students. This analysis showed that students applied an absolute calculation strategy to seek solutions to the problems. The study had the following limitations: 1. The students were not representative of the pre-service secondary teachers in South Africa. Only students from the developing population group were involved. 2. The students were not randomly assigned to the experimental and control group. They were in their normal college classes . . Notwithstanding the above limitations it is recommended that: 1. The problem-centred approach, which support the ideals of outcomes-based education, be applied to a major part of the South African school and college of education mathematics syllabi. 2. Appropriate assessment procedures consonant with the problem-centered approach are installed. 3. Adequate support systems are put in place to support teacher transition from the conventional to the problem-centred approach. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die primêre fokus van die studie is die effek van In lineêre algebra kursus, aangebied volgens die probleem-gesentreerde benadering, op kollege onderwysstudente. Die studente was in hulle finale (3de) jaar van In kursus aan In onderwyskollege wat hulle voorberei om wiskunde op hoërskoolvlak te onderrig. Die eksperimentele groep, bestaande uit 60 studente, het aspekte van lineêre algebra geleer, onderrig volgens die probleem-gesentreerde benadering. Die kontrolegroep, bestaande uit 60 studente met omtrent dieselfde wiskunde agtergrond, het dieselfde lineêre algebra geleer, onderrig volgens die konvensionele metode. Die hoofstudie is voorafgegaan deur In oorsig van die geskiedenis van die onderrig van lineêre algebra, wat getoon het dat dat sekere aspekte van lineêre algebra histories in konteks onderrig is. In Ontleding van die huidige hoërkool wiskundekurrikulum toon dat dit komponente van lineêre algebra bevat. Om die impak van die eksperimentele kursus te bepaal, het beide groepe aan die einde van die eksperimentele periode dieselfde lineêre algebra toetsitems voltooi. Die volgende nul-hipotese is getoets: Daar is geen beduidende verskil tussen die prestasies van die eksperimentele en die kontrole groepe nie. In Eenvoudige tweevlerk statistiese toets vir die verskil tussen twee gemiddeldes is gedoen. Die toets bevestig die verwerping van die nul-hipotese op die 0,01 vlak van beduidendheid. Dit word dus aanvaar dat die beter prestasie van die eksperimentele groep toegeskryf kan word aan die intervensie, naamlik die leer van lineêre algebra volgens die probleem-gesentreerde benadering. Om "n aanduiding te kry van die strategieë wat die eksperimentele groep gebruik het in die oplos van lineêre algebra probleme, is die geskrewe werk van die studente ontleed. Die ontleding het getoon dat studente 'n absolute rekenstrategie gebruik het om oplossings vir die probleme te soek. Die studie het die volgende beperkings: 1. Die studente was nie verteenwoordigend van sekondêre onderwysstudente in Suid Afrika nie. Slegs studente uit die onwikkelinggroep was betrokke. 2. Die studente is nie willekeurig aan die eksperimentele en kontrole groepe toegewys nie. Hulle was in hul gewone kollege klasse. Ondanks die bogenoemde beperkings, word daar aanbeveel dat: 1. Die probleem-gesentreerde benadering, wat die beginsels van uitkomsgebaseerde onderwys ondersteun, behoort in die wiskunde kurrikulum vir skole en onderwyserskolleges gebruik te word. 2. Gepaste assesseringsmetodes, soos in die probleem-gesentreerde benadering gebruik, moet toegepas word. 3. Doeltreffende ondersteuningstelsels moet geïmplementeer word om onderwysers te ondersteun in huloorgang na die probleem-gesentreerde benadering.
305

Improving mathematics teaching and learning through generating and solving algebra problems

Mudaheranwa, G. 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In many countries, due to a growing criticism of the inadequacy of mathematics curricula, reforms have been undertaken across the world for meeting new social and technological needs and many researchers have begun to pay attention to the way mathematics is learned and taught. In the same vein, this study aims to investigate innovative and appropriate teaching strategies to introduce in the Rwandan educational system in order to foster students' mathematical thinking and problem solving skills. For this, a classroom-based research experiment was undertaken, focusing on meticulous observation, description and critical analysis of mathematics teaching and learning situations. In the preparation of the research experiment, three mathematics teachers were helped to acquire proficiency in doing mathematics and to refine their teaching strategies, as well as to enable them to create a mathematics classroom culture that fosters students' understanding of mathematics through the problem solving process. Three classes of 121 students of the second year, their ages ranging from 14 years to 16 years, chosen from three different secondary schools in Rwanda, participated in this research experiment. Students were taught an experimental programme based on solving contextualised algebra problems in line with the constructivist approach towards mathematics teaching and learning. Twenty-four mathematics lessons were observed in the three classes and students' learning activities were systematically recorded, focusing on teacher-students and student-student interaction. The participating teachers experienced many difficulties in implementing new teaching strategies based on a problem solving approach but were impressed and encouraged by their students' abilities to generate different and unexpected ways of solving problem situations. However, the construction of mathematical models of non-routine problems constituted the most difficult task for many students because it required a high level of abstraction, characterising algebraic reasoning. Despite evident cognitive obstacles, a substantial improvement in students' systematic reasoning with respect to the different steps in the problem solving process, namely formulating a mathematical model, solving a model, verifying the solution and interpreting the answer, was progressively observed during the experiment. Many students had to overcome a language problem, which inhibited their understanding and interpretation of mathematical problem situations and deeply affected their active participation in classroom discussions. In this study, small group work and group discussions gave rise to excellent and successful teaching and learning situations which were appreciated and continuously improved up by the teachers. They provided students with opportunities for learning to argue about their mathematical thinking and to communicate mathematically. This kind of classroom organisation created an ideal learning environment for students but an uncomfortable teaching situation for teachers. It required much effort from the teachers to transform the mathematics classroom into a forum of discussion in setting up stimulating and challenging tasks for students, in working efficiently with different groups and in moderating the whole class discussion. It was unrealistic to expect spectacular changes in teaching practices established over years to take place during a period of a month. This type of change requires sufficient time and support. However, teachers did develop a new and practical vision of mathematics teaching strategies focusing on students' full engagement in exploring and grappling with problematic situations in order to solve problems. Teachers made remarkable efforts in internalising and adopting their new role of mediators of students' mathematics learning and in being more flexible in their teaching styles. They learned to communicate with their students, to accept students' explanations and suggestions, to encourage their logical disagreement and to consider their errors and misconceptions constructively. Students' results in the pre-test and the post-test showed their low performance in building mathematical models especially when they had to use symbols but revealed a significant progress in the students' ways of thinking which was observed through the variety and originality of their strategies, their systematic work and their perseverance in solving algebra problems. Students also developed positive attitudes to do mathematics; this was exhibited by their pride and satisfaction to accomplish nonroutine tasks by themselves. Teachers' comments indicated that they work under pressure to cover an overloaded mathematics curriculum and have poor support from educational authorities. For them, mathematics IS socially considered as a difficult subject. For many students, mathematics IS a gatekeeper to access higher levels of education; to fail in mathematics unfortunately implies to fail at school and in life. Students' negative attitudes towards mathematics were mainly due to their repeated failures in mathematics, but also to some mathematics teachers who intimidate and discourage their students. Both educational authorities and teachers should make efforts to rethink an appropriate mathematics curriculum and alternative teaching strategies in order to efficiently prepare students to meet new societal and technological requirements. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: As gevolg van toenemende kritiek oor die kwaliteit van wiskundekurrikula, is bewegings vir hervorming wêreldwyd geïnisieer om nuwe sosiale en tegnologiese behoeftes aan te spreek en baie navorsing is gedoen oor die wyse waarop wiskunde geleer en onderrig word. In lyn hiermee, is die doel van hierdie studie om innoverende en geskikte onderrigstrategieë te ondersoek om in die Rwandese onderwysstelsel in te voer om leerders se wiskundige denke en probleemoplossingsvaardighede te ontwikkel. Om dit te bereik, is 'n klaskamergebaseerde navorsingseksperiment uitgevoer, met die klem op fyn waarneming, beskrywing en kritiese ontleding van wiskunde leer- en onderrigsituasies. As voorbereiding tot die navorsingseksperiment is drie wiskunde-onderwysers gehelp om vaardighede te verwerf in die doen van wiskunde en om hulonderrigstrategieë te verfyn, asook om hulle in staat te stelom 'n wiskunde-klaskamerkultuur te vestig wat leerders se begryping van wiskunde deur die probleemoplossingsproses ontwikkel. Drie klasse van 121 leerders in die tweede jaar, tussen 14 en 16 jaar oud, is uit drie verskillende hoërskole in Rwanda gekies om aan die navorsing deel te neem. Die leerders is deur middel van 'n eksperimentele program onderrig wat gebaseer is op die oplossing van gekontekstualiseerde algebraprobleme in ooreenstemming met 'n konstruktivistiese benadering tot wiskunde-leer en -onderrig. Vier-en-twintig wiskundelesse is in die drie klaskamers waargeneem en leerders se leeraktiwiteite is stelselmatig opgeskryf, met die klem op onderwyser-leerder en leerder-leerder interaksie. Die betrokke onderwysers het baie probleme ondervind om nuwe onderrigstrategieë gebaseer op 'n probleemoplossingsbenadering te implementeer, maar was baie beïndruk en begeesterd deur hulleerders se vermoë om verskillende en onverwagte planne te beraam om probleme op te los. Die opstelling van wiskundige modelle vir nie-roetine probleme was vir baie leerders die moeilikste taak omdat dit 'n hoë vlak van abstraksie wat kenmerkend is van algebraïese denke verteenwoordig. Ten spyte van kognitiewe struikelblokke was daar nogtans 'n merkbare verbetering in leerders se logiese redeneringsprosesse soos geopenbaar in die toepassing van die verskillende stappe van die probleemoplossingsproses, naamlik die formulering van 'n wiskundige model, die oplossing van die model, verifiëring van die oplossing en interpretasie van die antwoord. Baie studente is gekniehalter deur 'n taalprobleem wat hul begrip en interpretasie van wiskundige probleemsituasies en hul vrymoedigheid om aan klaskamergesprekke deel te neem, aan bande gelê het. Inhierdie studie het kleingroepwerk en groepbesprekings suksesvolle onderrig- en leersituasies geskep wat deur die onderwysers raakgesien en verder uitgebou is. Dit het geleenthede geskep vir die leerders om oor hul wiskundige denke te argumenteer en om wiskundig te kommunikeer. Hierdie soort klaskamerorganisasie het 'n ideale leeromgewing vir leerders geskep maar 'n ongemaklike onderrigomgewing vir onderwysers. Dit het baie van onderwysers geverg om die wiskundeklaskamer in 'n gespreksforum te omskep deur stimulerende en uitdagende probleme aan leerders te stel, deur met verskillende groepe te werk en deur die algemene klaskamerbesprekings te fasiliteer. Dit was onrealisties om binne die bestek van 'n maand grootskaalse veranderinge in onderwyspraktyke wat oor 'n tydperk vanjare posgevat het, te verwag. Hierdie soort verandering benodig genoeg tyd en ondersteuning. Onderwysers het nogtans 'n nuwe en praktiese visie ontwikkel van wiskunde-onderrigstrategieë wat fokus op leerders se betrokkenheid by die ondersoek en oplossing van probleme wat vir hulle uitdagend en nie-roetine was. Onderwysers het daadwerklike pogings aangewend om hul nuwe rolle as mediators te internaliseer en te aanvaar, en om meer soepel onderrigstyle te ontwikkel. Hulle het geleer om met hulleerders te kommunikeer, om leerders se verduidelikings en voorstelle te aanvaar, om logiese argumentering aan te moedig en om foute en wankonsepte konstruktief te benader. Leerders se resultate in die voor- en na-toetse dui op swak vermoë om wiskundige modelle te bou veral wanneer hulle simbole moes gebruik, maar wys beduidende vordering in leerders se denke, wat gemanifesteer het in die verskeidenheid en oorspronklikheid van hul strategieë, hul sistematiese werk en hul voortgesette pogings om algebraprobleme op te los. Leerders het ook positiewe instellings teenoor die doen van wiskunde ontwikkel; dit is getoon deur hul trots en tevredenheid wanneer hulle self nie-roetine take opgelos het. Onderwysers se kommentaar openbaar dat hulle onder druk werk om 'n oorlaaide wiskundekurrikulum af te handel en dat hulle min ondersteuning van onderwyshoofde kry. Hulle sê ook dat wiskunde deur die breë gemeenskap as 'n moeilike vak beskou word. Vir baie leerders is wiskunde 'n hekwagter wat toegang tot verdere onderwys en opleiding beheer; om in wiskunde te faal beteken om op skool te faal en om in die lewe te faal. Leerders se negatiewe instellings teenoor wiskunde was hoofsaaklik as gevolg van hul herhaalde mislukkings in skoolwiskunde maar ook as gevolg van sommige wiskunde-onderwysers wat hulleerders intimideer en ontmoedig. Beide onderwyshoofde en onderwysers behoort pogings aan te wend om te besin oor 'n geskikte wiskundekurrikulum en alternatiewe onderrigstrategieë om leerders meer doeltreffend voor te berei om aan nuwe sosiale en tegnologiese eise te voldoen.
306

Evaluating the effectiveness of Advanced Programme Mathematics in preparing learners for university mathematics

Du Plessis, Hester 03 1900 (has links)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In today’s hi-tech global economy the fields of science, technology and engineering are becoming increasingly and undeniably central to economic growth and competitiveness, and will provide many future jobs. Qualifications in Mathematics are crucial gateways to further education and will provide access to the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industries. This study focuses on the optional course in Mathematics, called Advanced Programme Mathematics (APM), which is offered and assessed by the Independent Examination Board in the final three years of high school in South Africa. At present, the South African school system does not adequately prepare students for the transition from school to university Mathematics, and APM has been designed to address this gap. The research question set by this study is: To what extent does the APM course succeed in preparing learners for the rigour of first-year Mathematics in the STEM university programmes? The sample group of 439 students was selected from the 2013 cohort of first-year Mathematics students at Stellenbosch University. First, an analysis of the relevant curricula was undertaken, and then an empirical investigation was done to determine the differences in performance between first and second semester examinations of first-year university Mathematics students who took APM, and those who did not. This was followed by an investigation by means of a questionnaire into the perceptions of students on how effective APM was in easing the transition from school to university Mathematics. The research was designed according to the Framework for an Integrated Methodology (FraIM) of Plowright (2011). From an extensive international literature study, it appears that APM is definitely a predictor of post-secondary success. Since no formal research has been recorded to support this claim, this study aims to provide a sound answer to whether APM is advantageous. The effect size results of this study show that APM marks of students explain 68% of the achievement in first-semester university Mathematics when combined with NSC Mathematics marks in a general regression model. There is a significant difference between the marks of students who took APM and those who did not in first-semester university Mathematics, specifically across the National Senior Certificate (NSC) Mathematics mark categories of 80-100%. APM course-taking leads to confidence in Mathematics, which combined with good domain knowledge of calculus, ease the transition from school to university Mathematics. The study recommends that not only students who intend pursuing a career in the STEM industries should take the APM course, but also those who intend to apply for admission to any other tertiary studies, as the cognitive and other skills provided by APM will give them the required edge to perform well in higher education. Schools are called upon to provide access to APM for mathematically gifted students, and teachers and guidance counsellors should encourage learners to enrol for AMP. This will enable them to share in the manifold academic and personal benefits accruing from the course, and to help alleviate the critical shortage of graduates in careers requiring a strong Mathematics background in South Africa. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In die hoë-tegnologie-wêreldekonomie van vandag word die gebiede van wetenskap, tegnologie en ingenieurswese toenemend en onmiskenbaar die kern van ekonomiese groei en mededingendheid wat in die toekoms baie werkgeleenthede sal bied. Kwalifikasies in Wiskunde open beslis baie deure na verdere opleiding en verleen toegang tot die Wetenskap-, Tegnologie- Ingenieurswese- en Wiskunde-industrieë. Hierdie studie fokus op die opsionele kursus in Wiskunde, genaamd Gevorderde Program Wiskunde (GPW), wat deur die Onafhanklike Eksamenraad aangebied en geassesseer word in die laaste drie jaar van hoërskoolonderrig in Suid-Afrika. Tans berei die Suid-Afrikaanse skoolstelsel nie studente genoegsaam voor vir die oorgang van skool- na universiteitswiskunde nie en GPW is ontwerp om hierdie gaping te oorbrug. Die navorsingsvraag wat hierdie studie stel, is: In watter mate slaag die GPW-kursus daarin om leerders voor te berei vir die streng vereistes van eerstejaar-Wiskunde in die Wetenskap-, Tegnologie- Ingenieurswese- en Wiskunde-universiteitsprogramme? Die toetsgroep van 436 studente is gekies uit die 2013-groep eerstejaar-Wiskundestudente aan Stellenbosch Universiteit. Aanvanklik is ᾽n analise van die relevante leerplanne onderneem, waarna ᾽n empiriese ondersoek gedoen is om die verskille in prestasie in die eerste en tweede semester eksamens vas te stel tussen eerstejaar-Wiskundestudente op universiteit wat wel GPW geneem het en diegene wat dit nie geneem het nie. Dit is gevolg deur ᾽n ondersoek deur middel van ᾽n vraelys na die persepsies van studente oor hoe effektief GPW was om die oorgang van skool- na universiteitswiskunde te vergemaklik. Die navorsing is ontwerp op grond van ‘n model vir ‘n geïntegreerde metodologie van Plowright (2011). Dit blyk uit ᾽n uitgebreide studie van internasionale literatuur dat GPW definitief ᾽n voorspeller van post-sekondêre sukses is. Aangesien geen formele navorsing om hierdie aanspraak te ondersteun nog op skrif gestel is nie, poog hierdie studie om ᾽n deurdagte antwoord te verskaf op die vraag of GPW wel tot voordeel van studente is. Die effek grootte resultate van hierdie studie dui aan dat die GPW-punte van studente 68% van prestasie in Wiskunde in die eerste semester op universiteit verduidelik as dit in ᾽n algemene regressiemodel met die Nasionale Senior Sertifikaat (NSS) punte gekombineer word. Daar is ᾽n beduidende verskil tussen die Wiskundepunte van studente wat GPW geneem het en diegene wat dit nie geneem het nie in die eerste semester op universiteit, veral in die NSS-Wiskundepuntekategorieë van 80-100%. Om die GPW-kursus te neem, lei tot selfvertroue in Wiskunde, wat saam met ᾽n goeie kennis van die Differensiaalrekening-domein, die oorgang van Wiskunde vanaf skoolvlak na universiteitsvlak vergemaklik. Op grond van die studie beveel die navorser aan dat nie slegs studente wat ᾽n loopbaan in Wetenskap-, Tegnologie- Ingenieurswese- en Wiskunde-rigtings wil volg, die GPW-kursus behoort te volg nie, maar ook diegene wat vir toelating tot enige ander tersiêre studie wil aansoek doen, aangesien die kognitiewe en ander vaardighede wat GPW ontwikkel, hulle die nodige voorsprong sal bied om goed te vaar in verdere studie. Skole word aangemoedig om toegang tot GPW aan wiskundig begaafde leerlinge te verskaf en onderwysers en loopbaanraadgewers behoort leerlinge aan te moedig om vir GPW in te skryf. Sodoende kan hulle deel in die vele akademiese en persoonlike voordele wat die kursus bied, en help om die kritieke tekort aan gegradueerdes in die studierigtings waar ‘n sterk Wiskunde agtergrond ‘n vereiste is, te help verlig.
307

The relationship between motivational beliefs and mathematics achievement among Chinese students in Hong Kong

Leung, Siu-on, Terence January 1998 (has links)
published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Educational Psychology / Master / Master of Social Sciences
308

Development of addition strategies in young children

Koong, May-kay, Maggie., 孔美琪. January 1990 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education
309

The roles of definition and examples in the learning of mathematical concepts

Tsang, Yok-sing., 曾鈺成. January 1983 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education
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The explication of a model of mathematics learning: in the context of the IEA mathematics study (1980 HongKong)

Li, Che-cheung, Philip., 李志昌. January 1986 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

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