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Direct linkGaigher, Estelle; Hattingh, Annemarie; Lederman, Judith; Lederman, Norman – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
This paper reports on a case study of South African Grade 12 learners' views about scientific inquiry. The study focuses on a non-fee-paying government school that receives curricular support and resources to specifically develop Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teaching in a low socioeconomic setting. Data were collected…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Education, Foreign Countries, STEM Education
Mamombe, Charles; Mathabathe, Kgadi C.; Gaigher, Estelle – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
This qualitative case study explored how exposure to Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) improves 11th grade physical sciences learners' competency in solving stoichiometry problems. Two township schools of low socioeconomic status in Pretoria, South Africa, were conveniently and purposively sampled. Two classes (N = 48) composed of…
Descriptors: Grade 11, High School Students, Chemistry, Problem Solving
Vollebregt, Bronia Roxane; Gaigher, Estelle; Coetzee, Coréne – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
This study investigated the effect of in-service training in the use of the ripple tank equipment on science teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) about the topic of waves. Three Grade 10 Physical Sciences teachers participated in this qualitative case study. The Refined Consensus Model informed the conceptual framework of this study,…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Physics
Mazibe, Ernest Nkosingiphile; Gaigher, Estelle; Coetzee, Corene – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
It has recently been suggested that pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has a concept-specific nature, beyond the topic-specific level of PCK. This paper reports a case study of three pre-service teachers' reported PCK about three fundamental concepts within the topic of electrostatics, namely electrostatic force, electric field and electric field…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Level, Fundamental Concepts, Concept Teaching
Gaigher, Estelle – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2014
This article reports an exploratory multi-case study on how science teachers understand and envisage addressing learners' misconceptions about electric circuits. Four teachers from schools in and around a large South African city participated in the study. An open-ended questionnaire was designed in a novel way, questioning teachers about wrong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
Cho, Mee-Ok; Scherman, Vanessa; Gaigher, Estelle – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
This paper reports on secondary analysis of TIMSS 2003 data, based on a sound conceptual model, aiming to explain differential science achievement in South Africa from the perspective of educational effectiveness research. The conceptual framework was developed by refining existing school effectiveness models and including factors related to…
Descriptors: Science Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Correlation, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
