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Gweshe, Lovejoy Comfort; Brodie, Karin – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
We investigate Grade 10 learners' mathematical identities, with a focus on influences on the learners' identities. A mathematical identity questionnaire was given to learners and their test scores accessed. Four learners were purposively selected for interviews on the basis of interesting relationships between their questionnaire responses and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 10, Self Efficacy, Self Concept
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Van Wyk, Grizelda; De Beer, Josef – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
This paper examines student teachers' perceptions of their professional development while engaging in work-integrated learning at a teaching school in South Africa. Teacher educators often assume that practical aspects of pre-service education will be dealt with when student teachers are attached to schools for several weeks. However, the…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Biological Sciences, Student Teacher Attitudes, Communities of Practice
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Mpofu, Sihlobosenkosi; Pournara, Craig – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2018
The study investigated learners' mathematical discourse on the hyperbola from a commognitive perspective, and focused on algebraic, graphic, and numeric representations of the hyperbola. Task-based interviews were conducted with five Grade 10 learners from a township school. Learners' mathematical discourse was analysed by means of the Discourse…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Discourse Analysis, Grade 10
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Krishnannair, Anilkumar; Christiansen, Iben – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2013
Conceptualization and the practice of alternative assessments in the context of general assessment practices in mathematics have wide-ranging significance to learning and teaching. Yet little is known about how South African teachers choose assessment tasks and how it links to their teaching. This paper reports on a case study of five grade 10…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Mathematics Teachers, Alternative Assessment
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Lemmer, Miriam – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2011
More than a thousand Grade 10 Physical Science learners from four South African provinces participated in a study that probed their conceptions of energy. The purpose was to determine the learners' conceptual resources, i.e. their initial conceptions, and identify the potentially productive resources from which they may construct physics concepts.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 10, Knowledge Level