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Exploring pre-service teachers' views on the use of technology based teaching methods for teaching geometry.
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Iterative methods for approximating solutions of certain optimization problems and fixed points problems.
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An investigation of the use of multiple representations in teaching fractions at primary school level in Swaziland.
(2017)This study aimed at identifying the kinds of representations primary school teachers commonly use in teaching fractions, how they use them and their reasons for using them. The study drew on the teaching model by Ball, ... -
Examining primary school teachers’ understanding of teaching geometry through the problem solving approach in Swaziland.
(2017)In this study, I examined primary teachers’ understanding of teaching geometry through the problem solving approach, using Ball, Thames and Phelps’s (2008) mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) framework as a lens, ... -
First-year engineering students' concept development of integral calculus at a South African university of technology.
(2015)This thesis reports on a study to explore the development of the concept of integration among the first year engineering students at a South African university of technology. The study focused on concept definitions that ... -
A symptotic and blow-up dynamics of keller-segel chemotaxis equations in scale of banach spaces.
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An examination of the use of pragmatic learner-centred pedagogy (LCP) in the teaching of mathematics in primary schools in Nhlangano-Swaziland.
(2016)The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of pragmatic learner-centred pedagogy in the teaching of Mathematics in primary schools in Nhlangano, Swaziland. The aims of the study were to examine the teachers’ ... -
The history of mathematics as a pedagogical tool: exploring learner perspectives with regard to the theorem of pythagoras.
(2017)This study sought to ascertain whether the inclusion of the history of the Theorem of Pythagoras has any positive influence on learners’ perceptions of the theorem and its applications, on geometry and on mathematics in ... -
Exploring teachers’ understanding of pedagogic practices in teaching mathematical concepts in grade 1: a case study in South African primary schools.
(2016)The study examines teachers’ understanding of their learning theories on pedagogic practices in teaching mathematical concepts in Grade 1. The study emanates from the findings of the National Education Evaluation and ... -
Exploring teachers’ scaffolding practices in the teaching of primary school mathematics at a school in Swaziland.
(2016)The purpose of this study was to explore participants’ scaffolding practices in the teaching of primary mathematics at a school in Swaziland. Scaffolding refers to all the assistance a more knowledgeable other provides to ... -
Exploring the teaching of statistics in grade 10.
(2016)The purpose of the study was to explore the teaching of statistics at Grade 10 level. A convenient sample of seven Grade 10 mathematics teachers participated in the study. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has tried ... -
Convective heat and mass transfer in boundary layer flow through porous media saturated with nanofluids.
(2016)The thesis is devoted to the study of flow, heat and mass transfer processes, and crossdiffusion effects in convective boundary layer flows through porous media saturated with nanofluids. Of particular interest is how ... -
Explicit models for spherical static fluids in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity.
(2016)In this research, we explore modifications to the Einstein-Hilbert action by examining exact barotropic distributions in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity (EGB). We consider exact solutions of interior models in stars in ... -
Open-loop nash and stackelberg equilibrium for non-cooperative differential games with pure state constraints.
(2017)This dissertation deals with the study of non-cooperative di erential games with pure state constraints. We propose a rst order optimality result for the open-loop Nash and Stackelberg equilibriums solutions of an ... -
Pricing and hedging of defaultable claims in discontinuous market.
(2017)Credit risk has become one of the highest-pro le risk facing participants in the nancial markets. In this dissertation, we study the pricing and hedging of defaultable claim in a discontinuous market. Here, we present ... -
The pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of Rwandan grade six mathematics teachers and its relationship to student learning.
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Mathematical modelling of tumour development during angiogenesis and treatment by anti-angiogenesis.
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On the numerical solution of fractional partial differential equations : an investigation of spectral methods.
(2017)Abstract available in PDF file.
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