Browsing Science and Technology Education by Issue Date
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A study of achievement in mathematics with special reference to the relationship between attitudes and attainment.
(1981)This study was designed to explore the patterns and trends in attitudes towards mathematics and attainment in mathematics among Indian pre-matriculants. It also aimed at investigating the relationships between attitudes ... -
Concept development in mathematics : teaching and learning of quadratic equations, inequalities and their graphs.
(1994)This was an evaluative study undertaken to unpack some of the factors which could explain Transkei matriculation students' apparent poor conceptual understanding of Mathematics and to throw some light on possible ... -
Towards a new framework for reconstruction of the primary science curriculum in South Africa.
(1996)The purpose of this study is to ascertain, from a review and analysis of the literature, if any key messages emerge within which curriculum reconstruction of primary science education in South Africa can be ... -
Exploring the relationship between policy and practice : a study of continuous assessment.
(1997)Research reveals that policy intentions seldom define classroom practice. This research study uses continuous assessment as the 'case' to explore the policy-practice relationship. The research approach adopted involved a ... -
Environmental education case studies for curriculum development in science teacher education.
(1998)Science student teachers' participation with practising teachers in developing curriculum in environmental education for implementation in schools has been a neglected field. This study focuses on the collaboration of ... -
Exploring teacher's beliefs about the nature of science and their relationship to classroom practices : a case study with special reference to physical science teachers in the Empangeni / Richards Bay area.
(1998)This research explored the complex issue of the nature of science. The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between teachers 's beliefs about the nature of science and their classroom practices. Limited ... -
How teachers integrate environmental education into the curriculum.
(2000)The purpose of the research was to determine how teachers integrate environmental education into the curriculum. In achieving this, the research set out to document answers to the following critical research questions: • ... -
An investigation and identification of indigenous science understandings among Zulu community elders and the impact of these understandings on the Zulu secondary school learners.
(2001)A lot of scholars have alluded to the existence of indigenous knowledge among community elders. The purpose of this study was to explore existence of indigenous science understandings among Zulu elders and determine the ... -
A case study of a high achiever's learning of physical science.
(2002)This is a case study of the learning of physical science of a high achiever, selected on the assumption that instruction in learning strategies and styles used by successful learners may improve learning effectiveness ... -
Design analysis of the Grade 9 technology curriculum in South Africa.
(2002)During the years of apartheid (pre 1994) there were two main streams that one could follow while studying at school viz. academic or technical. The majority of South African learners followed the more traditional academic ... -
The mathematics education of youth at-risk : Nellie and Wiseman.
(2003)This study examines the mathematics education of youth at-risk in South Africa. It explores how two learners at the margin understand and perform in mathematics in two radically different educational environments. It ... -
Voices from the classroom : beliefs of grade 11 learners about science and indigenous knowledge.
(2004)The dismantling of apartheid in South Africa provides educational researchers with the opportunity to explore many issues in education one of which being knowledge and its epistemology. Since colonization Africa has been ... -
Exploring science teachers' experiences of diversity in the multicultural science classroom.
(2004)I have found that as a rule of thumb, when the majority of our learners in our science classrooms respond to expectation under examination conditions, the teacher's focus is on the minority who did not succeed. However, ... -
A case study of the implementation of continuous assessment in grades 11 and 12 physical science classrooms in three secondary schools.
(2004)The Department of Education has introduced a policy of Continuous Assessment (CASS) in grades 11 and 12. This, however, does not mean that the current policies such as senior certificate examinations will immediately ... -
An exploration of biology teachers' practice with regard to practical work and how it relates to the NCS-FET life science policy document.
(2004)When democracy was achieved in South Africa there was a need to create an education system that served the needs of all South Africans. An education system which would produce literate, creative, critical and productive ... -
An investigation of grade 9 learners educational conceptions in two secondary schools : a case study.
(2004)This research considers specific strategies that would enhance teaching and learning of fractional concepts in mathematics at a secondary school. The notion of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) ~ Vygotskian view, is ... -
Teaching physical science in rural (under-resourced) secondary schools.
(2004)The study provides a closer look at Physical Science teachers in the rural secondary schools (of the Bafokeng area). It puts focus on the different teaching methods that they use in order to overcome the realities of ... -
An investigation into teachers' views of continuous assessment (CA) and its implementation in grade 12 higher grade mathematics in the Ethekwini region.
(2004)The proposed research is about the introduction of Continuous Assessment (CA) in Grade 12 Higher Grade Mathematics, as part of the learner's overall assessment. Schools are required by policy laid down by the Department ...