Sookrajh, Reshma.Jerrier, Maanwathie.2010-09-132010-09-1320092009http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1130Thesis (M.Ed.) - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2009.Research indicates that conceptual knowledge and abstract thinking was deficient in South African learners (TIMMS, 1999, 2003; Gower 2008). The general poor performance of learners in Reading, Mathematics and Science has spurred the Department of Education to conduct a campaign to boost learner performances in these learning areas.enScience--Study and teaching (Primary)Theses--Education.Thesis