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A Review of Challenges in South African Education and Possible Ways to Improve Educational Outcome as Suggested by Decades of Research
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Maarman, Gerald J.; Lamont-Mbawuli, Kim – Africa Education Review, 2017
Despite many positive developments in South Africa (SA), the education system and educational outcome face many challenges and require further improvement. This is reflected by elevated school dropout rates and suboptimal annual pass rates in various grades (Grades 7-12). Over the years, a plethora of studies has identified methods through which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
Using Modeling-Based Learning as a Facilitator of Parentel Engagement in Mathematics: The Role of Parents' Beliefs
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Mousoulides, Nicholas G. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
Being part of a larger research project aimed at connecting mathematics and science to the world of work by promoting mathematical modeling as an inquiry based approach, the present study aimed to (a) describe parents' beliefs about inquiry-based mathematical modeling and parental engagement, and (b) explore the impact of a modeling-based learning…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Parents as Teachers