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Direct linkMamombe, 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
Download full textAkuma, Fru Vitalis; Gaigher, Estelle – South African Journal of Education, 2023
The inquiry-based strategy in science education is widely recommended and incorporated in practical work. However, contextual and intrinsic teaching challenges associated with practical investigations (inquiry-based practical work), occur in resource-constrained physical sciences classrooms in South Africa. The intrinsic challenges have previously…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Inquiry, Active Learning, Foreign Countries
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
