Perceived experiences that grade seven learners have in learning algebra

dc.contributor.advisorJulie, Cyril
dc.contributor.authorMatsolo, Matjala Lydia
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Education
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-06T13:13:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T10:54:25Z
dc.date.available2007/06/11 12:59
dc.date.available2007/06/11
dc.date.available2013-08-06T13:13:15Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T10:54:25Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionMagister Educationis - MEden_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates grade seven learners perceived experiences in learning algebra.Things that learners do and say during algebra lessons and about algebra were investigated. The study was done at one of the previously disadvantaged schools in Cape Town, South Africa.The data were collected through observations, a questionnaire and interviews. Observations were made from the day the topic was started in two grade seven classes. Two different teachers taught the two classes. Focus group interviews were conducted, two group of learners, ten learners from each of the two classes were interviewed. Learners devised a number of strategies for solving problems related to sums and differences. The principal learning difficulties experienced by learners in algebra related to the transition from arithmetic conventions to those of algebra, the meaning of literal symbols and the recoginition of structures. It became obvious then that developing algebraic thinking is not necessarily dependent upon algebraic notation and that the presence of algebraic notation says little about the level of problem solving.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/15523
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectAlgebraen_US
dc.subjectStudy and teaching (Secondary) - South Africaen_US
dc.subjectMathematicsen_US
dc.subjectSecondary schoolen_US
dc.titlePerceived experiences that grade seven learners have in learning algebraen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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