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Session 10 (Parallel sessions): Short papers (SP) & Symposium (SYM)

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24TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN ASSOCIATION FOR

RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION (SAARMSTE)

“Researching a sustainable environment and sustaining research in Mathematics,

Science and Technology Education”

12 JANUARY – 15 JANUARY 2016 Tshwane University of Technology

Arts Campus Pretoria

South Africa


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Tuesday 12 JANUARY 2016

TIME ACTIVITY VENUE

8:00 – 10:00 REGISTRATION and TEA Arts Campus Foyer

10:00 - 11:30 WORKSHOPS

Professor Jill Adler: Analysing mathematics classroom discourse using MDI (Mathematics Discourse in Instruction) Arts Campus Conference Auditorium

Professor Marc De Vries: Concept learning in Technology Education ROOM 2

Dr Vanessa Kind ROOM 3

Dr Femi Otulaja: “Creating and presenting an effective conference poster: Do you meet international standards?” ROOM 4

11:30 - 11:40 Opening: Prof. Thapelo Mamiala (LOC Chairperson) MC

Arts Campus

Conference Auditorium

11:40 - 12:10 Welcome: Prof. Lourens van Staden (Vice Chancellor TUT)

12:10 - 12:20 Welcome: Prof. Mercy Kazima (SAARMSTE President)

12:20 - 12:50 Address: Representative from DHET Research

12:50 - 13:00 Closing: Prof. Andile Mji (Assistant Dean: Postgraduate Studies, Research & Innovation, TUT)

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH Marquee

14:00 – 15:00

Plenary: Professor Jill Adler - Mathematics education research in South Africa – a review and critical reflection

Introduced by Professor Mellony Graven Arts Campus Conference Auditorium

15:00 – 16:30

Session 1 (Parallel sessions) : Long Papers (LP); Round Table (RT) & Symposium (SYM)

TIME / VENUE

ROOM 1 ROOM2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8

15:00 – 16:30 Parallel 1

Chair: Thelma de Jager

Parallel 2

Chair: Mellony Graven

Parallel 3

Chair: K Luneta

Parallel 4

Chair: Dorothy Nampoto

Parallel 5

Chair: Elizabeth Mavhunga

Parallel 6

Chair: Florence Mamba

Parallel 7

Chair: Patrick Barmby

Parallel 8

Chair: David Mugare

15:00 – 15:45

Evaluating the

Perceived Motivational Effect of 3D Support Lectures

on Students‟ Academic Performance in

Higher Education (LP) Thelma de Jager

Teacher

perceptions of the successes and challenges of

a mathematics homework drive for primary

learners (LP) Mellony Graven

Investigating

teachers‟ use of manipulatives to teach grade 3

equivalent fractions (LP) K. Themane & K

Luneta

Students‟

perspectives on teacher practices in Physical

Science and their implications on inquiry based

instruction (LP) Dorothy Nampota

Insights into topic

specific pck implemented in pre-service teachers : a

case across natural science; physics; and chemistry (SYM)

Thadiwe Sekhibane; Solomon Akinyemi; Josphat Miheso;

Marissa Rollnick (respondent), Elizabeth Mavhunga

(chair)

The relationships

among the perceived difficulty of a math problem, confidence

in solving the problem and achievement in

mathematics of First Year Mathematics Students at the

University of Malawi-The Polytechnic (LP) Elias Kaphesi

Analysing Annual

National Assessments to improve both teaching and

assessment practices (LP) Nicky Roberts &

Patrick Barmby

Designing and organising a

teacher development programme for high school mathematics and science

teachers (LP) David Mogari, Jeanne Kriek, Harrison Atagana &

Chukunoye Ochonogor


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Tuesday 12 JANUARY 2016 (contd,)

15:45 –

16:30

A comparative

analysis of beginner and veteran teachers‟ procedural and

pedagogical knowledge in ICT-enhanced classroom

(LP) Janet Adegbenro & Mishack Gumbo

Sociological

analysis of the South African foundation phase

numeracy workbooks (LP) Peter Pausigere

Foundation Phase

mathematical pedagogical content knowledge

construction in South African universities (SP)

Jeanette Ramollo, Marie Botha, Nkidi Phatudi

Validating a questionnaire

instrument for investigating the achievement goal

orientation of Grade 10 Physical Sciences learners in five Soweto

township schools (LP) Pio Mupira, Umesh Ramnarain & Xenia

Kyriacou

SYM Continued:

Insights into topic specific pck

implemented in pre-service teachers : a case across natural

science; physics; and chemistry (SYM) Thadiwe Sekhibane;

Solomon Akinyemi; Josphat Miheso; Marissa Rollnick

(respondent), Elizabeth Mavhunga (chair)

Investigating a Pre-

Service Secondary School Teacher‟s Mathematical

Knowledge for Teaching Equations (LP)

Florence Mamba

Investigating

mathematics teacher learning when using a research-designed

resource in a lesson and learning study. (RT)

Lizeka Gcasamba

Enduring educational

inequalities: The state of physical sciences laboratories and scientific

inquiry opportunities for learners in some of the schools in post-apartheid

South Africa (LP) Maria Tsakeni

What‟s Gender Got to Do With It? Spatial

Skills Development of Pre-Service Teachers in the subject

Technology (SN) Samuel Khoza

16:30 - 17:00

TEA Marquee


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17:00 – 18:30 Session 2 (Parallel sessions): Long Papers (LP) & Round Table (RT)


17:00 -18:30 Parallel 1

Chair: Mogege Mosimege

Parallel 2

Chair: Irene Govender

Parallel 3

Chair: Estelle Gaigher

Parallel 4

Chair: Meshach Ogunniyi

Parallel 5

Chair: Jo Capece

Parallel 6

Chair:. Washington Dudu

Parallel 7

Chair: Mercy Kazima

Parallel 8

Chair: Elizabeth Henning

17:00 – 17:45

The challenges of

constructing mathematical meaning through

symbolisation at secondary school level: Some

instructional strategies (LP) Paul Mutodi &

Mogege Mosimege

At the cross-roads:

Perceptions of barriers to the implementation of

learning technologies by in-service teachers in

South Africa (LP) Kudakwashe Mamutse

The Influence of

Gender, Teacher, and Scientific Practices on Students Engagement

in Science Learning in Finland and the United States (LP)

Jari Lavonen, Justin Bruner, Janna Linnansaari, Kalle

Juuti, Katariina Salmela-Aro, Joe Krajcik, Barbara

Schneider

Explicating Ubuntu

into Science Education: A Project Experience (LP)

Meshach Ogunniyi

Investigating the

development of Topic specific Pedagogical

Content Knowledge (TSPCK) for out-of-field, rural, Natural

Science (NS) teachers: Fusion of Content and

Pedagogy. (RT) Nonkanyiso Vokwana

Evaluating the

effectiveness of the Experiment programme: Insider accounts from

Multipliers in Gauteng province (LP) Washington Dudu

Five years on:

learning programme design for primary after-school maths

clubs in South Africa (LP) Debbie Stott

Numerical cognition of 4

- 8 year-old children: standardising a German interview-based test in

South Africa? (SYM) Elizabeth Henning, Antje Ehlert, Roelien

Herholdt, Lars Balzer, Lara Ragpot, Fikile Simelane & Annemarie

Fritz-Stratmann

SYM Continued:

Numerical cognition of 4 - 8 year-old children: standardising a German

interview-based test in South Africa? (SYM) Elizabeth Henning,

Antje Ehlert, Roelien Herholdt, Lars Balzer, Lara Ragpot, Fikile

Simelane & Annemarie Fritz-Stratmann

17:45 – 18:30

Characteristics of secondary school

re-entry mature students‟ prior knowledge and its

impact on re-learning algebraic concepts(RT) Evelyn Maturure

Understanding socio-technical

interaction in implementation of ICT in schools:

Case study of Maputo Province, Mozambique (LP)

Lucia Ginger & Irene Govender

Pre-service teachers‟ development of PCK

in electromagnetism (RT) Coréne Coetzee ,

Marissa Rollnick & Estelle Gaigher

Investigating competences required

to effectively assess pre-service teachers on school based

teaching practice (RT) Margaret Mdolo,

Simeon Gwayi1 & Christopher Mpewe

Knowledge of local communities and

school knowledge: in search of a didactic

transposition in natural sciences (RT) Jo Capece

Students‟ perceptions of the Physics Laboratory

Classroom Environment at the University of Johannesburg (LP)

Leelakrishna Reddy

Adaptation of mathematical

knowledge for teaching for number concepts and

operations measures for use in Malawi (LP) Dun Nkhoma

Kasoka, Mercy Kazima & Arne Jakobsen

18:30 – 20:30

Welcome Function Cocktails - Marquee: Sponsored by Tshwane University of Technology


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WEDNESDAY 13 JANUARY 2016

08:45 – 09: 45 Plenary: Professor Marc De Vries - The prominnouncementses of STEM and the hurdles to be taken

Introduced by Professor Moses Makgato Arts Campus Conference Auditorium

09:45 – 10:00 Announcements Arts Campus Conference Auditorium

10: 00 – 11:00 Session 3 (Parallel sessions): Short Papers (SP)

TIME / VENUE ROOM 1 ROOM2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8

10:00-11:00 Parallel 1 Chair: Sarah Bansilal

Parallel 2 Chair: Willy Wakapenda

Parallel 3 Chair: Ingrid Mostert

Parallel 4 Chair: Enunuwe

Ochonogor

Parallel 5 Chair: Rian de Villiers

Parallel 6 Chair: Kenneth Ngcoza

Parallel 7 Chair: Angela Stott

Parallel 8 Chair: Dlamini Fakazile

10:00-10:30

I became confident enough to do it on my own: Teacher

perceptions of a Physical Science Advanced Certificate in

Education (SP) Sarah Bansilal & A James

Metaphors for learning mathematics: An interpretation based on

learners‟ responses to an exploratory questionnaire on

mathematics and learning (SP) Oniccah Thibodi

Jameson Maziofa; & Willy Mwakapenda

Design research: Designing a garden (SP)

Marie Joubert & Ingrid Mostert

Does Teaching Experience Really

Matter? The Role of Significant Events in Developing

Teachers‟ Topic Specific Pedagogical

Content Knowledge of Chemical Bonding (SP)

Rene Toerien, Marissa Rollnick, A. Hattingh

Subject matter knowledge for nature

of science: In search of a viable curriculum for teacher

development (SP) Andrew Chikochi

Coordination level among the Chemistry Teaching

Curriculum of Pedagogical University and

General Secondary Education in Mozambique (SP)

Djabrú Manuel & António Madeira

Consequences of the progression law in the FET

phase, with a focus on mathematics and

physical science: A case study (SP) Angela Stott,

Hercules Dreyer, Peet Venter

A comparative study of girl‟s physical science

performance between co-educational and

single sex schools in Swaziland (SP) O.L. Oloyede &

H.M. Matsenjwa

10:30 – 11:00

Grade 11 mathematics

learners‟ understanding of the properties of quadrilaterals (SP)

Ngirishi Harrison, Sarah Bansilal

Access or success?

Dilemma of school mathematics interventions in selected

two rural high schools in South Africa. (SP) Williams Ndlovu &

Willy Mwakapend

Teacher Professional

Development: a side effect‟ of taking part in research (SP)

Ingrid Mostert & Marie Joubert

Physical science

students‟ perceptions of classroom

environment and their attitude towards chemistry in

South African High Schools (SP) KD Amponsah &

Enunuwe Ochonogor

A Comparative case

study of Educators' and Learners' Preferred Contexts for

use in genetics lessons (SP) Agnes Mamombe,

Monde Kazeni & Rian de Villiers

Exploring how

Grade 11 Physical Science teachers mediate learning of

the topic on Chemical Equilibrium (SP)

Fungisisai Chani, Kenneth Ngcoza, Charles Chikunda

& Joyce Sewry

Does the distance

from town to the school matter in the performance of

physical sciences? A study of Limpopo Province

in South Africa (SP) Sam James &

Murungi Kaheru

Perceptions of

students on gender of a teacher teaching physical

science in schools (SP) Dlamini Fakazile &

Tagutanazvo Obert

11:00 – 11:30 TEA Marquee


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11:30 – 13:00

Wednesday 13 January - Session 4 (Parallel sessions): Long Papers (LP)


11:30-13:00 Parallel 1 Chair: Lyn Webb

Parallel 2 Chair: Reidar Mosvold

Parallel 3 Chair: Francis Mavhunga

Parallel 4 Chair: Leila Goosen

Parallel 5 Chair: Kim Ramatlapana

Parallel 6 Chair: Kathryn Mellor

Parallel 7 Chair:Umesh Ramnarain

Parallel 8 Chair: Jeanette Marchant

11:30-12:15

Documentary analysis

of learning dispositions promoted within the transition between

Grade R and Grade 1 in the South African Curriculum and

Assessment Policy (LP) Roxanne Long & Mellony Graven

The Unheard Voice of

Educators: South African Mathematics Educators‟ Views on

Implementation of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy

Statement (CAPS) in the FET Band Education (LP)

Jogymol Alex & John Mammen

South African

Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement compared

with selected international high school Science syllabi and their

implications (LP) Francis Mavhunga

Inspiring and

Sustaining Learners‟ and Their Communities‟ Interest

in Science, Engineering and Technology (LP)

Leila Goosen

Prospective

Mathematics teachers‟ circle geometry technological content

knowledge in a GeoGebra-based environment (LP)

Kim Ramatlapana

Bridging the

Innovation Chasm: Computer Systems Engineering

students‟ attitude, biasness and perception towards

entrepreneurship and innovation (LP) Vusumuzi Malele,

Khumbulani Mpofu & Mammo Muchie

A case study on

the incorporation of learners‟ socio-cultural

background in the teaching of Natural Sciences

at three township schools in South Africa (LP)

Lydia Mavuru & Umesh Ramnarain

Content knowledge

and pedagogical content knowledge conversations (LP)

Jeanette Marchant & Karin Brodie

12:15-13:00

Materials „borrowing‟ and adapting: Overviewing „Big Books‟

interventions in primary mathematics classrooms (LP)

Hamsa Venkat & Mike Askew

The work of teaching mathematics from a commognitive

perspective (LP) Reidar Mosvold

Using a three-tier multiple-choice questionnaire to identify

the misconceptions that Grade 10 learners from three underperforming

Dinaledi Schools in Soweto hold about simple electric circuits

(LP) Sumayya Moosa & Umesh Ramnarain

Imperatives to considerin the teaching of

designskills in Technology: An indigenous

perspective (LP) Richard Maluleke & Mishack Gumbo

The Potential and Challenges of Using GeoGebra to Teach

Geometrical Constructions in Botswana Junior

Secondary Schools: The Case of Gaborone-West

Schools (LP) Kagelelo Kagiso & Alakanani

Nkhwalume

Linear Functions in a South African and a German Textbook:

Prospects and Possibilities (SP) Kathryn Mellor

________________ Translanguaging online: An

evaluation of a bilingual online Maths programme

for Grade 7 learners in Diepsloot, Johannesburg (SN)

Nathalia von Witt

Investigating the impact of Dialogical

Argumentation Instructional Model on Grade 3

learners' conceptions of the causes and effect

of water pollution (LP) Lorraine

Philander & Florence February

Measuring of Attitudes of Learners towards Mathematics (LP)

Leelakrishna Reddy

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH Marquee


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14:00- 15:30 Wednesday 13 January - SESSION 5 (Parallel sessions): Short Papers (SP) & Symposium (SYM)


14:00- 15:30 Parallel 1 Chair: Mia Abrie

Parallel 2 Chair: Lyn Webb

Parallel 3 Chair: Tulsi Morar

Parallel 4 Chair: Anthony

Lelliott

Parallel 5 Symposium

Chair: Elizabeth Henning

Parallel 6 Symposium

Chair: Grietjie Haupt

Parallel 7 Chair: Marié Botha

Parallel 8 Chair: Gladys Mabuza

14:00- 14:30

Use of Virtual Realty

in Biology lessons (SP) Lloyd Nsingo & E. Mnzava

Mathematical

Knowledge for Teaching: When pre-service teachers don‟t know that they

don‟t know (SP) Nicola van Zyl, Les Meiring, Lyn Webb

& Marinda van Zyl

Trapped

interventions? A perspective informed from a mentorship study

(SP) Williams Ndlovu & Willy Mwakapenda

Identifying and alleviating teachers‟ concerns when evolution is added to

the curriculum: a comparison of two countries (SP)

Martie Sanders

Science Teacher

Education for the Primary School in Finland and in South Africa (SYM)

Elizabeth Henning, Anni Loukomies, Nadine Petersen,

Roelien Herholdt, Gadija Petker, Ari Myllyviita, Francois

Naude, Lara Ragpot & Jari Lavonen

Co-creating a

sustainable future through sustainable cognitive models of problem solving in

technology and design education (SP) Grietjie Haupt,

Ronelle Ferreira __________________

Extended Information processing during the early phases of the

design process: A case study (SP) N Blom, Grietjie

Haupt &W Fraser __________________

A Sustainable Approach to Develop Novice Designers‟

Capacity to Think Systemically (SP) Hein Dubery, Grietjie

Haupt & Willem Rauscher

Teaching the concept of

time in Grade 2: a programme with innovative teaching strategies (SP)

Maretha Steyn, Ina Joubert & Marié Botha

The assessment practice

in mathematics at a Malawian primary school (SP) Frida Staberg & Arne

Jakobsen

14:30- 15:00

The Paucity of

Botanical content in the Life sciences Curriculum (SP)

Mia Abrie

Learning for, in and

from practice to promote (Foundation Phase)

mathematics teacher education (SP)

Marinda van Zyl, Mathabo Khau & Tobeka Mapasa

An analysis of pre-

service teachers‟ understanding of geometry using the

van Hiele model (SP) Stephen Nkwasu &

Willy Mwakapenda

Planning for teaching a Life Sciences course in pre-service teacher

preparation: Does it make a difference to the teaching and

learning process? (SP) Eunice

Nyamupangedengu & Anthony Lelliott

Decimal place value

understanding in primary and secondary school pupils (SP)

Moritz Herzog, Annemarie Fritz & Antje Ehlert

Development of TPCK in

Alexandra and Ivory Park Schools: A Model Developed by ORT

South Africa (SP) Dumile Moyo & Serufe Molefe

15:00- 15:30

Assessment tasks as learning tasks in Biosciences: An

inextricable web of emotions, relations and science identity

formation (SP) Mapula Matimolane & Moyra Keane &

Elizabeth Brenner

A Teacher Collective as a Professional Development

Approach to Promote Foundation Phase Mathematics

Teaching (SP) Thandi Hlam & Les Meiring

Using Van Hiele Levels of Geometric Thought to measure

the Geometry Performance of gr 9 Learners (SP)

Carine Steyn & Tulsi Morar

Why do people visit the Cradle of Humankind, and what

memorable experiences do they take away? (SP)

Anthony Lelliott

An examination of teachers‟ conceptions of secondary geometric

proof teaching (SP) Lisnet Mwadzaangati

Mathematical problem solving among Grade 7 learners: A focus of use

of everyday knowledge (SP) Gladys Mabuza



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16:00 – 18:00 Wednesday 13 January SESSION 6 (Parallel sessions): Short Papers (SP) & Snapshots (SN)

TIME/VENUE ROOM 1 ROOM2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8

16:00-18:00 Parallel 1 Chair: Ken

Ngcoza

Parallel 2 Chair: Maureen

Sithole

Parallel 3 Chair: Andrew

Fair

Parallel 4 Chair: Ingrid

Mostert

Parallel 5 Chair: Patrick

Barmby

Parallel 6 Chair: Moses

Makgato

Parallel 7 Chair: Lyn Webb

Parallel 8 Chair: Joshua

Maliavusa

16:00-16:30

University

students‟ problem solving, metacognition and

the Light Bulb effect (SP) Claudia Albers,

Douglas Clerk & Deena Naidoo

Barriers to Physical

sciences practicals at Umkhanyakude district (SP)

Maureen Sithole & Anas Bayaga

An Evaluation of a

Teacher Professional Learning Model in a

School Based Intervention Programme (SP)

Andrew Fair & Mdutshekelwa Ndlovu

Exploring pre-service

teachers‟ thinking on strategies of teaching problem-solving in

primary school mathematics (SP) Zanzini Ndhlovu &

Peter Mulendema

Mathematical tasks

of teaching in Malawi context (SP) Mercy Kazima &

Arne Jakobsen

The Role of

Continuous Assessment in Improving Student

Engagement and Learning Research Methodology at

Universities of Technology: Case of Tshwane and Central

Universities of Technology Tshwane and Central (SP)

Muthoni Masinde & Vusi Malele

A course in advancing

students‟ ability to think mathematically amongst undergraduates at

Walter Sisulu University (SN) S.C. Sonn

A Content Analysis of

How Astronomy is Framed in Selected South African Online

Newspapers (SN) Aviwe Sondlo

The effects of the dynamic mathematics software GeoGebra on

the spatial visualization skills of first- year pre-service mathematics

teachers (SN) Vuyani Matsha

Science talk: Exploring students and teachers understanding of

argumentation in Grade 11 science classrooms. (SN)

Maletsau Mphahlele

16:30-17:00

Researching learning at the nexus of re-

appropriated heritage practices and the science

curriculum (SP) Rob O’Donoghue,

Soul Shava & Ken Ngcoza

Point, click: Teaching and learning using clickers in a large first-

year chemistry course (SP) Femi Otulaja & S.

Lotz

Investigating Situational Interest in Primary Science

Lessons (SP) Anni Loukomies, Kalle Juuti & Jari

Lavonen

Calculia – an adaption of a theory-based math intervention to

South-Africa (SP) Alexander Müller, Moritz Herzog, Antje

Ehlert & Annemarie Fritz

A Malawian Teachers Selection and Use of

Manipulative Materials in Mathematics

Teaching (SP) Ingrid Bergtun & Arne Jakobsen

Students‟ Perceptions of Mobile Learning: The Case of Colleges

of Education in Nigeria (SP) John Chaka & Irene

Govender

Conceptual modelling of mathematics learning objects through unified

modelling language (SN) Arlete Ferrão & Rosa Vicari

Exploring the types of communicative approaches Grade 8 and

9 Natural Sciences teachers use to integrate learner prior knowledge

in their lessons (SN) Jenny Woolway

Building teachers‟

knowledge to teach early algebra in the primary school (SN)

Sharon McAuliffe & Nelis Vermeulen

Can citizen science be

used as a research tool to determine whether participants learn the

correct scientific content in a specific Natural Science Education

topic? (SN) Lubabalo Albert Bhulana


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17:00 – 18:00 Wednesday 13 January - SESSION 7 (Parallel sessions): Short Papers (SP) & Snapshots (SN)

17:00-17:30

Re-

conceptualizing school science teaching in the

context of indigenous knowledge of food

preservation in Zimbabwe Dominic (SP)

Mashoko, Emmanuel Mushayikwa &

Moyra Keane

Unpacking secondary

level chemistry teachers' understanding of

Learner-Centred Approaches (SP) M. Nyamane & M.

Qhobela

What students like

or dislike about the teaching of Mathematics and

Science in Malawi: Implications on teacher practices

(SP) Dorothy Nampota, Nellie Mbano,

Mercy Kazima, Bob Maseko & Frase Gobede

Formative assessment

in mathematics: a design research project (SP)

Marie Joubert & Ingrid Mostert

Measuring pre-

service teachers‟ attitudes towards mathematics in

under-researched contexts: A study in Lesotho (SP)

Patrick Barmby & Nkosinathi Mpalami

The impact of the

presentation of the design process on learner creativity (SP)

F. Ohemeng-Appiah & A. Singh-Pillay

History and philosophy

of mathematics for training of teachers in mathematics research in

the pedagogic university of Mozambique – branch of Nampula (SN)

Saíde Momade

Exploring teacher talk

and its role in learner understanding of science content (SN)

Climant Khoza

Teacher Education and Professional

Development In South Africa in the Field of Mathematics Education

Post 1994 (SN) Michael Mhlolo

Effects of a Dialogical Argumentation

Instructional Model on science teachers‟ understanding of

capacitors in selected Western Cape Schools (SN)

Lynn Goodman & C. Fakudze

17:30 – 18:00

Effect of

Computer-Assisted Instruction and

Concept Mapping on the Achievement of

Students with Hearing Impairment in

Environmental Biology in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

(SP) Debomi Oye

Investigating student

learning of metallic bonding (SP) Bette Davidowitz &

Rene Toerien

Supporting

Teachers in Inquiry/Science Practices, Modelling,

and Complex Reasoning in Science Classrooms

(SP) Barbara Crawford

Hierarchical Linear

Modelling of Students‟ SES and School Factors on

Mathematics Achievement in Kenya and Zimbabwe (SP)

Gibbs Kanyongo & Rachel Ayieko

Intermediate Phase

Learners‟ Ways of Solving Word Problems in

Mathematics: Findings from Rasch Analysis (SP)

Million Chauraya & Patrick Barmby

Attitudes of learners

towards technology at some schools at Marite and Lehukwe

circuits in Mpumalanga (SP) Z Mthenjane &

Moses Makgato

Towards Equitable

Access to Quality Mathematics Education: Exploring Challenges

and Opportunities of Teaching Hearing-impaired Children in an

Inclusive Classroom (SN) Fraser Gobede

Poem use as didactics

tool in the biology teaching (SN) Faira Ibrahimo, & Ana

Beautiful Bernardo

Exploring creativity in early years mathematics

using creative arts (SN) Olusola Ariba

21st Century Skills Assessment practices in

Science Education: A University of Technology Case Study (SN)

Joshua Maliavusa, Elize Venter & Eugenie Wolff


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THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016

08:45 – 09:00 Announcements – Check Registration Foyer Notice Board Arts Campus

09:00 – 11.00 SESSION 8 (Parallel sessions): Short Papers (SP)


09:00-11:00 Parallel 1 Chair: Megan

Doidge

Parallel 2 Chair: Tulsi Morar

Parallel 3 Chair: Les Meiring

Parallel 4 Chari: Marissa Rollnick

Parallel 5 Chair: Anthony Essien

Parallel 6 Chair: Willy Makapanda

Parallel 7 Chair: Nosisi Feza

Parallel 8 Chair: Audrey Msimanga

09:00 – 09:30

TVET Lecturers Technological Pedagogical

Content Knowledge (TPACK) in South African TVET

Institution: A case in Automotive Repair

and Maintenance teaching (SP) Vasidevan Naiker

& Moses Makgato

Science Clubs develop scientific language: Second

language learner‟s experiences (SP) Sancia Johnson &

Tulsi Morar

BEd FP perceptions and experiences of Sciece (SP)

Zukiswa Kuhlane & Ken Ngcoza

A Self Study on the Development of PCK in Stoichiometry (SP)

Edmore Sibanda & Mpunki Nakedi

Using small-group teaching to enhance learning

for Foundation Phase mathematics

student-teachers and learners (SP) Marinda van Zyl

& Mathabo Khau

Using Examination Results to Intervene for Learners who performed

poorly in the JSC Mathematics Examination – Ensuring that

Mathematics is for all in Grade 11 and 12 (SP) Elizabeth Mutuku

A Jump from results to inferences about schooling: Analysis of

Grade 6 Mathematics ANA Test (SP) Charlotte Modzuka,

France Machaba, Caroline Long & Sarah Howie

Secondary school teachers‟ pedagogical content knowledge

levels and teaching effectiveness of consumer behaviour in

Tshwane districts (SP) O.N Mafa; A.A Ngwezi & Thapelo

Mamiala

09:30 – 10:00

Educators' integration of ICT in

teaching Mechanics in Grade 10 Physical Sciences in three

Approved South African High Schools (SP)

Fumai Mudindo, & Megan Doidge

The Relevance of Teacher Education

in Sustaining Research in Mathematics,

Science and Technology Education,

Zimbabwe (SP) Lincolyn Moyo

One shot: Convincing FP and

IP student teachers that they are science teachers (SP)

Les Meiring

The enactment of topic specific PCK in

chemical equilibrium by two Pre-service teachers (SP)

Marissa Rollnick

Using Student Generated

Examples as a strategy in pre-service teacher

education mathematics classrooms (SP)

Anthony Essien & Livhuwani Ramabulana

What students say to themselves before they

write a mathematics test: An exploratory study (SP) Simon Maneya & Willy

Mwakapenda

Teaching mathematics : The case of four rural

teachers (SP) MCN Khumalo &Sarah Bansilal

Beyond interaction and participation to

meaningful engagement: the learner-centred

teacher‟s challenge (SP) Audrey Msimanga


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THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 (Contd)

10:00 – 10:30

The efficacy of Moodle as a learning

management system: Teacher perceptions of

Moodle and throughput in a qualification-based

teacher professional development programme for

secondary mathematics (SP) Mdutshekelwa

Ndlovu , Ingrid Mostert

Experiences of some Life Sciences and Physical

Sciences student teachers during teaching practice

(SP) Mamotena Mpeta & Sam Kaheru

The Effects of Teaching Science Terminology on

Elementary Students‟ Understandings of

Science Concepts (SP) K. Shepard, Judith

Lederman & Norman Lederman

Exploring metacognitive activity in a third year guided-

inquiry organic chemistry laboratory (SP)

KC Mathabathe, M Potgieter & Marissa Rollnick

The importance of professional recognition in

shaping the professional identities of

mathematics teachers (SP) Clyde Felix

Exploring the interconnectedness of mathematics and

literature: A case of Animal Farm by George Orwell (SP)

Liveness Phiri & Willy Mwakapenda

Investigating students‟ conceptions of vector subspaces and concepts

in linear algebra: A pilot study (SP) L Mutambara, & Sarah

Bansilal

Investigating physics teachers technological and pedagogical

content knowledge and their learners achievement in

electricity (SP) Jonas Kotoka & Jeanne Kriek

10:30 – 11:00

Integrating

Indigenous Knowledge in Malawi's Formal

Technical Entrepreneurial, Vocational

Education and Training (TEVET): Towards Achieving

Sustainable Development (SP) Rose Mbeye, Noel

Kufaine & Van Wyk Chikasanda

Women teachers

integrating HIV and AIDS content into Secondary School

Science curriculum in rural Lesotho (SP)

Mathabo Khau

International Study

of Seventh Grade Students Understandings of

Scientific Inquiry (SP) Judith Lederman &

Norman Lederman

Second year physics

students‟ use of analogies to explain electricity phenomena:

A metaphor analysis approach (SP) Bob Maseko

First- year

university mathematics student teachers‟

struggles with elementary algebra -where do

we start, how far do we go? (SP) M’amosa Ntšohi

An investigation of how

language affects the teaching and learning of Mathematics for English

second language learners in five secondary schools at FET phase within

Mtubatuba, in Northern KwaZulu-Natal: A particular focus on word

problems (SP) Maureen Sithole

Mathematics intuitions

shown by reception class students during free play in the Eastern

Cape of South Africa (SP) Nosisi Feza

Mobilizing learners‟

cultural beliefs/everyday experiences about the

rainbow when teaching the concept of refraction of light (SP)

Rauha Kau, Ndahalomwenyo Homateni, Kenneth

Ngcoza & Charles Chikunda



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11:30 – 13:00 THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 Session 9 (Parallel sessions): Short Papers (SP) & Symposium (SYM)


11:30 – 13:00 Parallel 1 Chair: Lyn Bowie

Parallel 2 Chair: Mishack Gumbo

Parallel 3 Chair: Thapelo Mamiala

Parallel 4 Chair: Lindelani

Mnguni

Parallel 5 Chair: Audreu Msimanga

Parallel 6 Chair: Keith Langenhloven

Parallel 7 Chair: Frikkie George

Parallel 8 Chair: Michelè

Stears

11:30-12:00

Knowing and assessing knowledge of

rational numbers for teaching (SP) Lyn Bowie &

Hamsa Venkat

Measuring the Quality of a Sample of Gauteng

Physical Science Teachers Topic Specific

Pedagogical Content Knowledge in

Stoichiometry (SP) Stephen Malcolm, Marissa Rollnick

& Elizabeth Mavhunga

Exploring Technology pre-service teachers effective teaching through 9E

Instructional Model (SP) Sylvia Ramaligela, Andile Mji & Ugorji

Ogbonnaya

Curriculum ideologies of school science

and mathematics in South Africa (SYM)

Lindelani Mnguni, Umesh Ramnarain,

Kudakwashe Mamutse, Rina Globler, Erica

Spangenberg & Xenia Kyriacou

Language, literacy and science learning: A

baseline study of the language experiences of

learners, teachers and student teachers in

multilingual contexts in South Africa (SYM)

Audrey Msimanga, K. Adam, Willy

Mwakapenda & Z. Msimanga

Self-efficacy of pre-service science teachers to teach integrated

science-indigenous knowledge lessons using dialogical argumentation

(SP) Keith Langenhoven, Meshach Ogunniyi & C.

Fakudze

Backwash as a Cause of Deficiencies in Problem-Solving Skills? (SP)

Douglas Clerk, Deena Naidoo & Claudia Albers

Understanding how science process skills meld with the scientific

method: Student teachers‟ views through a lens of

scientific inquiry (SP) Leonard Molefe & Michelè Stears

12:00 – 12:30

What errors do

learners make in algebra as they move from Grade 9

to Grade 11? Evidence from a diagnostic algebra

test (SP) Craig Pournara, Yvonne Sanders

Science teachers‟

self-regulated learning strategies in technology

enhanced learning environments: An overview (SP)

Eunice Olakanmi, Eyitayo & Mishack Gumbo,

Technology-Mediated

Learning: Integrating first year mathematics and civil engineering to foster

authentic learning (SP) Jaco Bruyns

IKS perspectives in the

South African physical science curriculum (SP) Dale Taylor & A

Cameron

Implementation of

Inquiry Based Science Education following a „La Main à la Pâte‟

Professional Development Initiative in South Africa (SP)

Estelle Gaigher, Linda Bosman, Corene Coetzee, Monde

Kazeni, Hester Kriel & Zuki Mpyaki

The use of teaching

media in Biology lessons: A case of selected schools in

Kavango East Educational Region, Namibia (SP)

Loyd Nsingo & C. Kasanda

12:30 – 13:00

Talk to enhance

teaching and learning foundation phase mathematics

(SP) Marinda van Zyl & Lyn Webb

The scramble for

Africa‟s resources: A decider for Africa‟s fate (SP)

Mishack Gumbo

Lessons learnt from pre-

service-teachers self-reflection during Teaching Practice (SN)

Makomosela Qhobela, Malefu.C. Nthathakane & Tom Ssendija

Views on Indigenous

Knowledge Questionnaire (VIKQ) on the beliefs on weather prediction in the

Western Cape, South Africa (SP)

Alvin Riffel & M. Luckay

Using the dialogical

argumentation assessment for learning instruction model

(DAAFLIM) to enhance grade 11 learners‟ conception of

electromagnetism (SP) Frikkie George & C Fakudze

Student – teachers‟

views on the implementation of the Physical Science

Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) in

Limpopo Schools (SP) Suresh Kama Singh

Effective teaching-learning methods for first-year

engineering graphics and design education students (SN) Ndlelehle Skosana,

Thapelo Mamiala & Arthur Ngwezi

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH Marquee


13

14:00 – 15:30 THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 Session 10 (Parallel sessions): Short Papers/ Roundtable/ Snapshot


14:00-15:30 Parallel 1 Chair: Beata Dongwi

Parallel 2 Chair: Sarah Bansilal

Parallel 3 Chair: Lemmy Kangwa

Parallel 4 Chair: Karin Brodie

Parallel 5 Chair: J Fhatuwani

Parallel 6 Chair: Marie Joubert

Parallel 7 Chair: Samuel Oyoo

Parallel 8 Chair: Angela Stott

14:00- 14:45

(LP & RT) 14:00 – 14:30

(SP)

Exploring

motivational factors and self-regulated learning strategies

as predictors of students‟ anxiety in mathematics

learning (LP) Elias Kaphesi

Teaching for the

test or setting up students for failure: A case study of a

linear algebra class in Zimbabwe (LP) Cathrine Kazunga

& Sarah Bansilal

How can high school

teachers modify classroom instruction to meet the needs of

mathematically gifted students in the regular classroom? (LP)

Michael Mhlolo

Relationships

between activity, content and depth of mathematics

teachers‟ talk in a professional learning community (LP)

Tinoda Chimhande & Karen Brodie

Knowledge and

Teaching of Genetics: A Case of Experienced Teacher in Dzindi

Circuit, South Africa (SP) Livhuwani

Ramabulana, Thomas Sedumedi & Fhatuwani

Mundalamo

Development of

Environmental Education Program in a Rural Area of Zambia

based on the Idea of Education for Sustainable

Development (ESD) (SP) Kensuke Chikamori, H.Ozawa,

H. Akai & Y. Ono

“I disagree; an

electric current can flow only when the circuit is open not

when closed” - the science classroom talk for easier science

learning (SP) Samuel Ouma Oyoo

Perceptions of

Professional Academic Development: Barriers and bridges between

physics lecturers and physics education researchers (SP)

Elsa Lombard & Paul Webb

14:45 - 15:30

(LP & RT)

14:30 – 15:00

(SP)

15:00 – 15:30 (SP)

Examining mathematical

reasoning through enacted visualization when

solving word problems (RT) Beata Dongwi

Subject facilitators‟ views on the

implementation of Mathematics and Mathematical

Literacy (RT) MF Machaba and Willy

Mwakapenda

An investigation of how VITALmaths video clips

on mobile phones can be used by student teachers as a

visualisation tool in the teaching of Number Sense (RT)

Lemmy Kangwa

Teachers‟ use of productive questions

in promoting mathematics classroom discourse

(LP) Duncan Mhakure & Mark Jacobs

Effect of Two Modes of Learners‟ Centred

Teaching Strategies on the Attitude of Students with Hearing

Impairment towards Biology in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria (SP)

Olufemi Adigun

The influence of laboratory activities on

attitude of students towards science subjects in Tanzania

(SP) Selina Mkimbili

Using evaluation theory models to

analyse the views of science teachers on the use of an

experiment inquiry based science kit to support the teaching

and learning of science (SP) Keith Langenhoven,

S. Dinie

Exploring how a game analogy enables or

constrains sense making of Chemical Equilibrium concepts: A

Namibian and South African perspective (SP)

Ken Ngcoza & Fungisisai Chani

Making students talk science: Some of the

challenges that pre-service teachers face (SP)

Makomosela Qhobela & Eunice Kolitsoe Moru

National Experiment in Undergraduate Science

Education (NEXUS) – Teaching and Assessing Life Science Student

Competencies with Interdisciplinary Case Studies in the USA (SP)

Jane Indorf & Michael Gaines

Supporting New Members as They

Transition into our Science Education Community of

Practice (SP) G.A. Buck & Valerie Akerson

A case study of promotion of deep

learning of electricity concepts among township grade 8 and 9

learners (SP) Angela Stott


16:00 – 18:00 SAARMSTE AGM followed by CHAPTER MEETING Arts Campus Conference Auditorium

18:00 Conference Gala Dinner – Ditsong: National Museum of Natural History


14

FRIDAY 15 JANUARY 2016

08:45- 09:45 Plenary: Dr Vanessa Kind – Pedagogical content knowledge: lessons from research and policy for improving teaching quality Introduced by Professor Marissa Rollnick

Arts Campus Conference Auditorium

09:45 – 10:00 Announcements Arts Campus Conference Auditorium


10:30 – 12:00 Session 11 (Parallel Sessions): Symposium; Short Papers; Snapshots

TIME / VENUE


10:30-12:00 Parallel 1 Chair: Lyn Webb

Parallel 2 Chair: Shadreck Nkoya

Parallel 3 Chair: Benard Chigonga

Parallel 4 Chair: Bruce Brown

Parallel 5 Chair: Willy Mwakapenda

Parallel 6 Chair: Carlos Lauchande

Parallel 6 Chair: Thapelo Mamiala

Parallel 8

10:30 – 11:00

Creating new avenues in

developing tertiary mathematics students‟

metacognitive skills (SP) Ruan Moolman

Pre-service teachers‟ perceptions of their own

beliefs on the nature of mathematics (SP) Erica Spannenberg &

CPH Myburgh

Examining mathematics teaching

models and their impact on mathematics learning:

A classroom based study in Malawi (SP) Christopher Mpewe

Investigating Mathematical

Proficiency Testing in the NSSCO Mathematics

Examination framework: An exploratory study (SP)

Elizabeth Mutuku & Bruce Brown

Literacy, reading and experiences in

mathematics: A discussion on mathematical

discourses (SYM) France Machaba, Liveness Phiri,

Williams Ndlovu & Willy Mwakapenda

To what extent does a school learning

environment and instructional materials in mathematics, predict

learners‟ achievement. Exploring SACMEQ II and SACMEQ III data

(SP) Carlos Lauchande

Influence of morningness-

eveningness preference of Eduardo Mondlane Secondary School

students in Chimoio on school performance (SN)

Christopher Randler & Adriano Nafital ___________________

Teaching as a product of SMK, instructional resources and

instructional strategies‟ interactions: the case of three teachers teaching

genetics in Malawi (SN) Margaret Mdolo

POSTER DISCUSSIONS

11:00 - 11:30

Perceptions of pre-

service teachers concerning their mind-sets about

learning mathematics: A case study (SP)

Lyn Webb

Competency in English

Language and Performance in Mathematics and

Science: Zambia‟s National Assessment of Learning Achievement

at Junior Secondary School Level (SP) Shadreck Nkoya

Same Textbook,

Same Topic, Different Editions, Different Approaches:

Implications for Opportunities for Mediation in a

Mathematics Classroom (SP) Moneoang Leshota

Mathematics Teachers‟

Views and Challenges on the Implementation of the Compulsory

Mathematics Curriculum in Otjozondjupa Region

(SP) Rauna Angula, Choshi Kasanda, &

Noah Gaoseb

Continued:

Literacy, reading and experiences in mathematics: A

discussion on mathematical discourses (SYM)

France Machaba, Liveness Phiri, Williams Ndlovu &

Willy Mwakapenda

Historical experiments as

a tool to enhance learning of concepts and electrostatic phenomena:

A case study of Grade 11 learners in Mozambique (SP)

Jose Basilio

Semiotic devices in

physical science textbooks: Perspectives from learners and

educators in selected High schools in North West (SN)

Asph Nkomo

POSTER

DISCUSSIONS


15

Writing Clinic

Friday 15th

January, 13:30 till 15:00hrs on Saturday 16th January, 2016.

13:30

Professor Fred Lubben: Writing Clinic (NB as per prior confirmed acceptance) Chief Editor of accredited AJRMSTE

ROOM 1

FRIDAY 15 JANUARY 2016 (contd.)

11:30 – 12:00

Exploring the use of a generic quality

characteristics framework to evaluate the quality of

textbooks (SP) Christiaan Visser; Josef de Beer &

Xenia Kyriaco

Grade 12 Mathematics

teachers‟ knowledge: There is a missing link (SP)

Benard Chigonga & Israel Kibirige

Impact of Constructivist Instructional Approach

on Grade 12 Learners‟ Understanding of Stationary Points in

Differential Calculus (SP) Falaye Sunday & Omoniyi Akinyinka

Continued: Literacy, reading

and experiences in mathematics: A discussion on

mathematical discourses (SYM) France Machaba,

Liveness Phiri, Williams Ndlovu & Willy

Mwakapenda

Technical processing and storage of small-

scale fishing in Mozambique: Possibilities of

integration and approach in the local Curriculum of Natural

Science (SN) Alberto Boane & Fernando Comé

Impeding factors in learner centered

teaching in Biology lessons: A study in Secondary schools in

Central East Education Division (CEED) (SN) Andrew Thauzeni

POSTER DISCUSSIONS

12:00 – 12:30

Closing Ceremony

Arts Campus Conference Auditorium

12:30

Packed Lunch

Marquee

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