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Creating a holistic model for Physical Science teacher development: establishing a baseline

Kriek, Jeanne; Grayson, Diane (2002)

We are in the beginning stages of trying to develop a holistic model of teacher development that will integrate the development of teachers’ content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and teaching approaches, and ...
The influence of problem solving strategies and cooperative learning on teachers’ ability to solve physics problems

Kriek, Jeanne; Grayson, Diane (2003)

Although problem-solving is central to any Physics course, students often find it very difficult. If students find it difficult, what about the teachers? We suspected that the teachers’ problem solving skills needed ...
The effect of a combination of peer coaching and research lessons on Physical Science teachers

Kriek, Jeanne; Grayson, Diane (2004)

This paper describes one part of a long-term study aimed at developing and testing a model for holistic teacher development. Phase 1 involved obtaining baseline data, Phase 2 involved constructing the model and Phase 3 ...
Description and effect of a Physics kit and easy experiments used in a developing country

Kriek, Jeanne (2005)
The role of study material in the Professional development of Physics Teachers in Distance Education

Kriek, Jeanne; Grayson, Diane (2005)

Research has been done for the past 4 years with 75 Physical Science teachers to construct and test a holistic model for professional development via Distance Education. Three dimensions were targeted that need development, ...
The structure and evaluation of a holistic professional development model for Physics teachers

Kriek, Jeanne; Grayson, Diane (2006)

A holistic model for the development of South African secondary school physics teachers in a distance education context was constructed. The model was tested with 75 teachers over a period of four years. The model was ...
Investigation of pre-service teacher’s understanding of Ohm’s law

Kriek, Jeanne; Gaigher, Estelle (2006)

The incomplete understanding of Ohm’s law is a phenomenon widely experienced in introductory physics courses and high school science. Nonetheless, lecturers and teachers may be unaware of student’s inability to distinguish ...
Implementation of the new FET Physical Science Curriculum: Teachers views

Kriek, Jeanne; Basson, Ilsa (2008)

South African physical science teachers are currently implementing the new FET curriculum. This paper reports on the views of 59 physical science teachers currently teaching Grade 10 and 11 learners. Data from questionnaires ...
A Holistic Professional Development model for South African physical science teachers

Kriek, Jeanne; Grayson, Diane (Copyright © 2009 EASA, 2009)

The state of mathematics and science education in South Africa is a cause for concern. This situation can be attributed, in part, to many mathematics and science teachers’ limited content knowledge, ineffective teaching ...
The effect of physics computer simulations on teachers’ misconceptions of DC circuits

Kriek, Jeanne; Basson, Ilsa (2009)

The behaviour of direct current (DC) circuits in the electricity section of undergraduate and school curricula is a source of a multitude of common misconceptions. Our study is a pilot project to determine the effect of ...
Lesotho’s Students’ Achievement in Mathematics and their Teachers’ Background and Professional Development

Mogari, David; Kriek, Jeanne; Stols, Gerrit; Ogbonnaya, Ugorji Iheanachor (2009)

The study sought to obtain information on the relationship, if any, between students’ achievement and teacher background as well as between students’ achievement and professional development. The respective correlation ...
The perceptions of Cypriot Secondary and Technical and vocational education students about simple electric circuits

Kriek, Jeanne; Kapartzianis, Achillefs S. (2010)

The purpose of this study was the assessment and evaluation of Cypriot Secondary Technical and Vocational Education Students' perceptions about simple electric circuits and their comparison with the corresponding perceptions ...
Interactive engagement models in pre-services science teacher understanding of mecahnics

Kriek, Jeanne; khwanda, M.N.; Basson, Ilsa (2010)

The study was conducted to first year pre-service physics teachers at the Central University of Technology, Free State. The pilot Force Concept Inventory tests results conducted in 2007 indicated that students did not ...
Influence of a motion sensor on the understanding of graphs Jeanne Kriek

Kriek, Jeanne (2010)

Various technological tools have been used for improving science teaching and learning, but using it in a productive manner to improve the quality of learning is not easy. The aim of this study was to determine the influence ...
Teachers’ beliefs and their intention to use interactive simulations in their classrooms

Kriek, Jeanne; Stols, Gerrit (Copyright © 2010 EASA, 2010)

In this pilot study, we sought to examine the influence of the beliefs of Grade 10 to 12 physical science teachers on their intended and actual usage of interactive simulations (Physics Education Technology, or PhET) in ...
Mismatch between the progression of the mathematics course and the level of mathematics required to do advanced physics

Kriek, Jeanne; Ayene, Mengesha; Damtie, Baylie (2010)

Whenever students appear to have trouble with mathematics in their physics courses, they either hate physics or fear it. The blame for this plight could be due to the structure of the mathematics and physics curricula or ...
Relationship between the attitude of first year medical students towards chemistry and their learning outcomes

Mogane, Maria Gadifele (2010-03)

Several factors that are known to influence attitudes of students towards learning have been documented. Some of these factors have been found to affect the achievement of students. In this study the relationship of the ...
The contribution of simulations to the practical work of foundation physics students at the University of Limpopo

Mhlongo, Motlalepula Rebecca (2010-06)

Practical work is regarded as an essential part of learning; hence most tertiary institutions have included a practical component in their physics courses. There is a concern about the effectiveness of the practical work ...
Difficulties in the comprehension and interpretation of a selection of graph types and subject-specific graphs displayed by senior undergraduate biochemistry students in a South African university

Van Tonder, André (2010-11)

A carefully constructed set of 16 graphical tasks related to key biochemistry concepts was designed and administered to a group of 82 students in their final year of B.Sc. study. The test mean score of 48,3% ( 12,1) was ...
Pedagogy-Based Technology and Chemistry Students` Performance in Higher Institutions: A Case of Debreberhan University

Hailegebreal, TD, OCHONOGOR Chukunoye E and Engida, T (Journal of US-China Education Review, 2011)

Many students have difficulty in learning abstract and complex lessons of chemistry. This study investigated how students develop their understandings of abstract and complex lessons in chemistry with the aid of visualizing ...

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