M.Ed. (Mathematics) / The rising of the problem whether competency based education (CBE) programs produce better results than conventional edu - cational report. methods has been investigated and discussed in this A comprehensive literature study indicated that the upholders of the CBE program advocated beter results than the conventional educational methods. Research showed positive results. An empirical research on the micro-level was launched to de - termine whether this was the case or not. The procedure was to use a group N1-students, at a technical college of the Department of Education and Training, who were not familiar with the N1-Mathematics syllabus. An experimental group as well as a control group was selected at random. The experimental group was subjected to the CBEmethod and the control group to the conventional method of teaching of N-Mathematics. Prior to the research both groups were subjected to a standard N1-Mathematics test without preparation. These results were used for the pretest. The national N1-Mathematics examination was used for the post test, after completion of the course. The pretest results were compared to determine whether there was a significant difference in the level of the foreknowledge of the two groups...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:3956 |
| Date | 13 February 2014 |
| Creators | Lee, Christo Hendrik |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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