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Download full textChirove, Munyaradzi; Mogari, David; Ogbonnaya, Ugorji I. – Waikato Journal of Education, 2022
This study explored students' mathematics-related beliefs and the relationship between the beliefs and their strategies for solving non-routine mathematical problems. The study was guided by Daskalogianni and Simpson's 2001 belief systems categories and strategies for non-routine mathematical problems. The participants were 625 grade 11 students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 11, Student Attitudes
Long, Caroline; Engelbrecht, Johann; Scherman, Vanessa; Dunne, Tim – Pythagoras, 2016
The purpose of the South African Mathematics Olympiad is to generate interest in mathematics and to identify the most talented mathematical minds. Our focus is on how the handling of missing data affects the selection of the 'best' contestants. Two approaches handling missing data, applying the Rasch model, are described. The issue of guessing is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competition, Secondary School Students, Talent Identification
Direct linkChristiansen, Iben Maj; Aungamuthu, Yougan – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2013
Learning or performance gains are often measured in improvements of test scores over time. However, learners may also answer questions incorrectly which they appeared to master previously, making claims about overall learning gains problematic. Using data from 1,211 grade 6 learners in the Umgungundlovu district in KwaZulu-Natal, we interrogated…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Scores, Elementary School Students
