M.Ed. (Subject Didactics) / Mathematics, which plays a vital role in modern man's working 1ife and which is also of great· importance in his dai ly social life, raises many problems at the secondary and tertiary education levels. The question has arisen as to what degree the teacher's instruction in the junior primary phase is responsible for spesific problems relating to insight of the four main operations, considering that mathematical content~ from the beginning stages, is continuous and inter-related, so that one insight serves as a prerequisite to the next. The aim of the study was to form a picture, on a small scale,of the incidence of specific teaching faults and deficiencies in the tuition of the four main operations in the junior primary school phase that inhibit understanding. It is hoped that this may be of practical benefit for teacher training and the formulation of related documents, and may also stimulate further extensive research...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:4132 |
| Date | 18 February 2014 |
| Creators | St. Clair-Whicker, Lulu E.L. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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