Doctoral Degrees (Mathematics and Computer Science Education): Recent submissions
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An exploration of General Education and Training (GET) teachers’ mathematical knowledge and its influence on the quality of instruction in the teaching of functions.
(2020)This thesis documents a study of the General Education and Training teachers’ mathematical knowledge of functions and what this knowledge brings to the quality of instruction. The study made use of Variation Theory and ... -
An investigation of secondary school mathematics teachers’ knowledge and utilization of their students’ learning styles.
(2019)This study explores secondary school mathematics teachers’ knowledge of students’ learning styles and how they used the knowledge when they were teaching mathematics. The study went further to explore barriers which the ... -
Examining computer-based technology skill and academic performance of students in Nigerian universities.
(2019)The introduction of blended learning into face-to-face classroom teaching and learning has made traditional education more simple, flexible and customised to students’ expectations. This study examined computer-based ... -
An exploration of pre-service teachers use of visualization when teaching and solving problems in the mathematics classroom.
(2020)One of the objectives of mathematics instruction, according to the Department of Education (DoE) in South Africa, and elsewhere globally, is to prepare learners to become proficient in mathematics problem solving. There ... -
Design model for integrating learning management systems and massive open online courses on a digital e-Learning platform: implications for Zimbabwean universities.
(2019)Available affordances for learning provide opportunities for advanced technology-enhanced teaching and learning. Digital learning environments can make relevant learning content available to students using existing ... -
An exploration of preservice teachers’ Mathematics knowledge for teaching in Trigonometry at a higher education institution.
(2020)This study investigates the extent of final-year preservice teachers’ understanding and development of the mathematics knowledge for teaching in trigonometry. Teachers’ lack of adequate mathematics knowledge to teach ... -
Exploring university students' mental constructions of the limit concept in relation to sequences and series.
(2019)The present thesis refers to some first semester calculus 1 university students’ mental constructions of the limit concept in relation to sequences and series. A plethora of research on the limit concept is available and ... -
Mathematics teachers’ constructions and enactments of learner-centred practices.
(2019)An important aspect of effective teaching is the personal understandings that teachers have of theories about teaching and learning. In this qualitative case study, I sought to explore Mathematics teachers’ constructions ... -
Evolving dynamic fitness measures for genetic programming.
(2018)This research proposes dynamic fitness measure genetic programming (DFMGP). DFMGP modifies the conventional genetic programming (GP) approach: rather than applying a single fitness measure individually throughout GP, a ... -
Information and communication technologies integration into early childhood development education in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe : a critical analysis.
(2019)ICT integration has been considered a silver bullet in different studies internationally. As a result, the multi-faceted Zimbabwean primary education system has made initiatives to adopt ICT. Early Childhood Development ... -
Exploring in-service Zimbabwean mathematics teachers’ preparedness to incorporate ethnomathematics approaches to geometry teaching and learning.
(2018)Geometry teachers and learners in Zimbabwe come from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds. This provides opportunities and challenges in the teaching and learning of geometry. The wide variety of cultural and ... -
Exploring teachers’ instructional practices, confidence and beliefs in teaching mathematics and statistics.
(2018)An important contributor to the quality of teaching mathematics is the knowledge of mathematics teachers. In this study, I explore mathematics teachers’ instructional practices, their confidence and beliefs about the ... -
Exploring mathematical activities and dialogue within a pre-service teachers’ calculus module: a case study.
(2018)Local and international research findings have shown that high school learners, university students, as well as some of the practicing educators, struggle with calculus. The large numbers of unqualified or under-qualified ... -
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.
(2015)Abstract available in PDF File. -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of Rwandan grade six mathematics teachers and its relationship to student learning.
(2017)Abstract available in PDF file.