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What mathematics education may prepare students for the society of the future?
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
This paper attempts to engage the field in a discussion about what mathematics
is needed for students to engage in society, especially with an increase in
technology and digitalization. In this respect, mathematics holds ...
Emergences and affordances as opportunities to develop teachers’ mathematical content knowledge
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
Teachers’ mathematical content knowledge has been under scrutiny for some time. This development is in the wake of learners’ unsatisfactory performance in national examinations and international achievement tests. A widely ...
The effects of examination-driven teaching on mathematics achievement in Grade 10 school-based high-stakes examinations
(AOSIS, 2018)
Various efforts are underway to improve achievement in high-stakes examinations in school
mathematics. This article reports on one such initiative which focuses on the development of
quality teaching of school mathematics ...
Inducting BEd Hons students into a research culture and the world of research: the case of a research methods course in the BEd Hons programme
(Unisa Press, 2013)
It has become a policy imperative that the training of future researchers in Education
should start at the Honours level. This training presents particular challenges as students
entering the Bachelor of Education Honours ...
The effect size of an intervention focusing on the use of previous national senior certificate mathematics examination papers
(University of Venda, 2016)
This study reports on an intervention that emanated from a concern a mathematics teacher had about the unsatisfactory performance of grade 12 learners in the school-based mid-year examination. The intervention was based ...
Searching for research results to inform the design of an initial professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase: A systematic review
(AOSIS, 2016)
This article reports on a systematic review conducted to inform the development of a
professional teacher education programme for the foundation phase of schooling. The research
question was: What do quality research ...
The stability of learners’ choices for real-life situations to be used in mathematics
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
One of the efforts to improve and enhance the performance and achievement in mathematics of learners is the incorporation of life-related contexts in mathematics teaching and assessments. These contexts are normally, with ...
Keeping sites in sight: Conversations with teachers about the design of toolkits peculiar to a continuous professional development initiative
(AOSIS, 2019)
The aim of this article is to shift the notion of ‘sites’ as places of work peculiar to continuous
professional development (CPD) to a theoretical level, independent of, yet intimately connected to,
their physical meanings, ...