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van der Walt, Marthie; Maree, Kobus – South African Journal of Education, 2007
It is widely accepted that mathematical skills are critically important in our technologically sophisticated world. Educators' metacognition directs, plans, monitors, evaluates and reflects their instructional behaviour and this can promote learners' learning with understanding. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
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Maree, Kobus; Aldous, Colleen; Hattingh, Annemarie; Swanepoel, Andre; van der Linde, Mike – South African Journal of Education, 2006
Eight hundred and ninety-nine (431 male, 467 female and one missing value) Grade 8 and 9 (n = 184 and 713, respectively, with two missing values) learners from secondary schools in Mpumalanga completed a science and mathematics questionnaire. Student's t tests showed that male and female, as well as language groups' scores, differed significantly.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement