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Preservice Teachers' Beliefs and Intentions about Integrating Mathematics Teaching and Learning ICTs in Their Classrooms
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Ndlovu, Mdutshekelwa; Ramdhany, Viren; Spangenberg, Erica D.; Govender, Rajendran – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate preservice teachers' (PSTs') beliefs about their intentions to integrate information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their future mathematics classrooms. The main research objective was to examine the extent to which PSTs' beliefs predicted their intentions to integrate ICTs in their…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Intention
An Analysis of Grade 11 Learners' Levels of Understanding of Functions in Terms of APOS Theory
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Chimhande, Tinoda; Naidoo, Ana; Stols, Gerrit – Africa Education Review, 2017
This article reports on a study of six Grade 11 learners' levels of understanding of concepts related to the function definition and representation. Task-based clinical interviews were used to elicit the learners' interpretations and reasoning when working with these function-related concepts. Indicators for Action-Process-Object-Schema (APOS)…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Case Studies
A Blurred Signal? The Usefulness of National Senior Certificate (NSC) Mathematics Marks as Predictors of Academic Performance at University Level
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Schoer, Volker; Ntuli, Miracle; Rankin, Neil; Sebastiao, Claire; Hunt, Karen – Perspectives in Education, 2010
Internationally, performance in school Mathematics has been found to be a reliable predictor of performance in commerce courses at university level. Based on the predictive power of school-leaving marks, universities use results from school-leaving Mathematics examinations to rank student applicants according to their predicted abilities. However,…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary School Mathematics
Mathematics: A Powerful Pre- and Post-Admission Variable to Predict Success in Engineering Programmes at a University of Technology
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van Wyk, Barend; Hofman, Wiecher; Louw, Cecilia – Perspectives in Education, 2013
Although student attrition and retention are researched all over the world, there is no final formula available to ensure academic success for selected students. The purpose is to share research undertaken at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) in order to investigate the role of mathematics in student achievement and retention in National…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Success, College Mathematics, Academic Persistence
Why Don't All Maths Teachers Use Dynamic Geometry Software in Their Classrooms?
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Stols, Gerrit; Kriek, Jeanne – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
In this exploratory study, we sought to examine the influence of mathematics teachers' beliefs on their intended and actual usage of dynamic mathematics software in their classrooms. The theory of planned behaviour (TPB), the technology acceptance model (TAM) and the innovation diffusion theory (IDT) were used to examine the influence of teachers'…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Least Squares Statistics, Educational Technology, Mathematics Teachers