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Views of the Use of Self-Directed Metacognitive Questioning during Pair Programming in Economically Deprived Rural Schools
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Breed, Betty; Mentz, Elsa; Havenga, Marietjie; Govender, Irene; Govender, Desmond; Dignum, Frank; Dignum, Virginia – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2013
The research reported in this article formed part of an internationally funded project about the empowerment of Information Technology (IT) teachers in economically deprived rural schools in the North-West and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in South Africa. The current paper focused on the use of self-directed metacognitive (SDM) questioning in a pair…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Teacher Competencies, Grade 10
A Constructivist Approach to a Programming Course: Students' Responses to the Use of a Learning Management System
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Govender, Irene; Govender, Desmond Wesley – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
The teaching of programming and problem solving has been a challenge and has excited much debate in the literature, so too has been the use of learning management systems (LMSs) to facilitate teaching and enhance learning. In this case study we explore students' perceptions and expectations of the effectiveness of using a constructivist approach…
Descriptors: Programming, Constructivism (Learning), Expectation, Instructional Effectiveness