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Direct linkLinder, Anne; Airey, John; Mayaba, Nokhanyo; Webb, Paul – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2014
Recently, the South African Institute of Physics undertook a major review of university physics education. The report highlighted the necessity for further transformation of the teaching of physics, particularly in relation to the teaching of under-prepared students. In this article we examine how physics lecturers in South Africa reported how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disciplines, Literacy, Academic Discourse
Mayaba, Nokhanyo; Otterup, Tore; Webb, Paul – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2013
Problems of poor performance in science and mathematics education have been related to language deficiencies, including writing skills. Writing to learn science is an important skill but is not easy to acquire, especially when children learn in a second language. In order to investigate possibilities for developing writing in South African and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Area Writing, Science Instruction, Case Studies
Meiring, Les; Webb, Paul – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
This study focuses on the effects of the exposure of pre-service education students (n=87) to a variety of toys used as educative curriculum material in an attempt to develop their understanding of energy. Changes in their knowledge, their confidence in terms of this knowledge, and the reasons they attributed for any changes in both their…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Preservice Teachers, Toys, Energy
Austin, Pam; Carbone, Rose Elaine; Webb, Paul – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2011
This research study, carried out in South Africa and the United States of America, investigated issues that may hamper prospective primary school teachers from writing acceptable problem posing scenarios involving the addition of fractions. Pre-service teachers (n=44) were asked to compose real life problems involving the addition of two fractions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Word Problems (Mathematics), Addition, Fractions
du Plessis, André; Webb, Paul – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2011
This study focuses on Grade 6 learners' perceptions of 'learning as design' during the creation of a collaborative hypermedia product. Data were generated via a Likert Scale questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, learner journals, observational notes, Task Elicitation List, Task Ranking List and open-ended learner evaluation reports. The…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Models, Grade 6, Foreign Countries
Webb, Paul; Mayaba, Nokhanyo – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2010
This study investigates the effects of a scientific literacy strategy which focuses on reading, writing, talking and doing science on the development of grade six and seven learners' general literacy skills, both in their home language (isiXhosa) and the language of classroom instruction (English). A mixed method design was used. Quantitative data…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7
