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University students’ mental construction when learning the Convergence of a Series concept
This article uses action-process-object-schema theory to study the mental constructions about the limit of series during a Calculus 1 course …
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Relative difficulty of early grade compare type word problems: Learning from the case of isiXhosa
Word problems form an important part of the early grade mathematics curriculum in South Africa. Studies have shown that the …
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Investigating the strength of alignment between Senior Phase mathematics content standards and workbook activities on number patterns
Improving the strength of alignment between educational components is essential for quality assurance and to achieve learning goals. The purpose …
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Learner performance in the 2009 to 2014 final Grade 12 mathematics examination: A quantile regression approach
The South African education system bears evidence of fluctuations in the final Grade 12 mathematics marks occurring across different learner …
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The effect of graphing calculator use on learners’ achievement and strategies in quadratic inequality problem solving
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to investigate the effect of a graphing calculator (GC) intervention on Grade …
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Postgraduate mathematics education students’ experiences of using digital platforms for learning within the COVID-19 pandemic era
Within the digital era, as global society embraces the fourth industrial revolution, technology is being integrated swiftly within teaching and …
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Pedagogical narratives in mathematics education in South Africa
Pythagoras is a scholarly research journal that provides a forum for the presentation and critical discussion of current research and …
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Peer tutors’ views on their role in motivating learners to learn mathematics
Many learners are unmotivated to learn mathematics due to a lack of attention, irrelevance of mathematics, low self-confidence and dissatisfaction. …
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Learning the function concept by exploring digital images as functions
Despite the function concept being fundamental to mathematics, an adequate understanding of this concept is often lacking. This problem is …
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Book review: International reflections on Realistic Mathematics Education
Pythagoras is a scholarly research journal that provides a forum for the presentation and critical discussion of current research and …
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Erratum: A commognitive perspective on Grade 8 and Grade 9 learner thinking about linear equations
Pythagoras is a scholarly research journal that provides a forum for the presentation and critical discussion of current research and …
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Keeping sites in sight: Conversations with teachers about the design of toolkits peculiar to a continuous professional development initiative
The aim of this article is to shift the notion of ‘sites’ as places of work peculiar to continuous professional …
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Towards validation of a rational number instrument: An application of Rasch measurement theory
The rational number knowledge of student teachers, in particular the equivalence of fractions, decimals, and percentages, and their comparison and …
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Using standard setting to promote meaningful use of mathematics assessment data within initial teacher education programmes
Within initial teacher education there is increasing pressure to enhance the use of assessment data to support students to improve …
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The standard written algorithm for addition: Whether, when and how to teach it
This article reflects critically on the guidance offered to South African teachers in two canonical texts: the Curriculum and Assessment …
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Comparison of geometric proof development tasks as set up in the textbook and as implemented by teachers in the classroom
This qualitative case study examined similarities and differences between circle geometric proof development tasks set up in the Malawian Grade …
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The use of semiotic representations in reasoning about similar triangles in Euclidean geometry
Many pre-service mathematics teachers in South Africa are apprehensive about the content of Euclidean geometry, because they did not study …
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Tracking Grade 10 learners’ geometric reasoning through folding back
This article uses parts of qualitative data from the first author’s study that focused on exploring Pirie and Kieren’s process …
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Mathematical sense-making through learner choice
This article explores a conceptual relationship between learner choice and mathematical sense-making. It argues that when learners can exercise choice …
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Students’ understanding of geometry terminology through the lens of Van Hiele theory
After a long six-year lapse, the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement introduced in 2012 included geometry as part of the …