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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)
ROOM 1 ROOM2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8
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)
TIME / VENUE ROOM 1 ROOM2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8
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)
TIME / VENUE ROOM 1 ROOM2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8
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
15:30 – 16:00 TEA Marquee
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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)
TIME / VENUE ROOM 1 ROOM2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8
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
Session 10 (Parallel sessions): Short papers (SP) & Symposium (SYM)
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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
11:00 – 11:30 TEA Marquee
Session 10 (Parallel sessions): Short papers (SP) & Symposium (SYM)
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11:30 – 13:00 THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 Session 9 (Parallel sessions): Short Papers (SP) & Symposium (SYM)
TIME / VENUE ROOM 1 ROOM2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8
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
Session 10 (Parallel sessions): Short papers (SP) & Symposium (SYM)
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14:00 – 15:30 THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 Session 10 (Parallel sessions): Short Papers/ Roundtable/ Snapshot
TIME / VENUE ROOM 1 ROOM2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8
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
15:30 – 16:00 TEA Marquee
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
Session 10 (Parallel sessions): Short papers (SP) & Symposium (SYM)
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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
10:00 – 10:30 TEA Marquee
10:30 – 12:00 Session 11 (Parallel Sessions): Symposium; Short Papers; Snapshots
TIME / VENUE
ROOM 1 ROOM2 ROOM 3 ROOM 4 ROOM 5 ROOM 6 ROOM 7 ROOM 8
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
Session 10 (Parallel sessions): Short papers (SP) & Symposium (SYM)
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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