Masters Degrees (Mathematics and Computer Science Education)
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Exploring the challenges experienced by Grade 8 learners when learning angles associated with parallel lines in geometry.
(2021)This research study explored challenges experienced by Grade 8 learners when learning angles associated with parallel lines in geometry. This research study was conducted in a school situated in the city of Pietermaritzburg, ... -
An exploration of a visualization intervention in a Grade 7 mathematics classroom in the Pinetown District.
(2021)With the growing research on visualization in mathematics, it is important to understand how visualization intervention strategies impact learners' solving and success of mathematical word problems. This study focused on ... -
An exploration of the extent Grade 9 mathematics teachers engage with learners’ errors in the teaching and assessment of mathematics.
(2021)This study explores the extent to which Grade 9 mathematics teachers engage with learners’ errors in the teaching and assessment of mathematics. This qualitative study adopted an exploratory case study design and an ... -
Exploring teachers’ use of visualisation tools when teaching Grade 9 problem-solving in mathematics. a case of Umlazi District Dinaledi schools in South Africa.
(2020)This study focused on exploring Grade 9 mathematics teachers’ use of visualisation tools when teaching problem-solving in their classrooms. This issue has been a challenge in South Africa, particularly in matric and grade ... -
Application of bivariate spectral quasilinearization method to second grade fluid flow equations.
(2020)In this study, the steady flow of a second grade magnetohydrodynamic fluid in a porous channel is investigated. We further investigate the hydromagnetic flow of a second grade fluid over a stretching sheet. The partial ... -
An exploration of the integration of technology by mathematics teachers: the case of 10 schools in KwaZulu-Natal under Umlazi District.
(2020)This interpretive qualitative study sought to explore the integration of technology by mathematics teachers in Umlazi district of KwaZulu-Natal province. A purposive non-probability sample of ten teachers from ten different ... -
Exploring Grade 11 mathematics learners learning of trigonometric identities: a case study of one school in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2019)The purpose of this study was to explore the learning of trigonometric identities in grade 11 mathematics. The study sought to discover and understand the learning of trigonometric identities by grade 11 mathematics learners. ... -
Exploring the factors influencing Grade 11 learner performance in Geometry in two high schools in the Umlazi District.
(2019)Performance of learners in geometry has persistently been poor compared to other sections of mathematics. Learning geometry has been identified as an area of mathematics that poses various problems ... -
Exploring learners’ understanding of mathematical concepts necessary in the learning of grade 11 algebraic functions: the case of three schools in uMgungundlovu District.
(2019)The purpose of this study was to explore learners’ understanding of mathematical concepts in the learning of grade 11 algebraic functions in uMgungundlovu district, KwaZulu-Natal. In order to gain insights into learners’ ... -
Pupils' perceptions of study of Mathematics as a subject for the Senior Certificate examination: two case studies.
(1995)This study was conducted at two Secondary schools in the Pietermaritzburg area which is in the province of Kwazulu - Natal, South Africa. Of the 182 pupils who participated in this investigation, 97 were from a Black High ... -
Exploring Grade 9 Mathematics teachers’ usage of the curriculum planner and tracker in secondary schools in the ILembe and Pinetown districts.
(2017)This study attempted to determine the extent to which Grade 9 mathematics teachers, from a sample of six schools, have utilised the Jika iMfundo Curriculum Planner and Tracker (CPT), formulated by the Programme to Improve ... -
The use of mobile technology devices in Botswana secondary schools to enhance teaching and learning.
(2018)Traditionally learning was transmission of knowledge from the teacher to the learner, but today, it is a two-way process where both the teacher and the learner are involved. Mobile technology devices have taken the world ... -
Modelling soil-transmitted helminths using generalised polynomial chaos.
(2018)Soil-transmitted helminths are the group of neglected tropical diseases for humans caused by parasitic worms; Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm species. It occurs mostly in tropical and subtropical ... -
Exploring pre-service mathematics teachers’ knowledge of logarithm in one of the universities in Kwazulu-Natal.
(2019)The use of logarithm, an important tool for calculus and beyond, has been reduced to symbol manipulation without understanding in most entry-level college algebra courses. In most secondary school mathematics curriculum, ... -
Exploring the use of the ibox when teaching mathematics in selected KwaZulu-Natal secondary schools.
(2016)Globally the use of technology is changing the face of the classroom. However, in South Africa, with the large numbers of schools with poor infrastructure, the technology that can be used in most schools is limited. In a ... -
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, ...
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