Renewing South Africa's Maths Hopes

What we learnt

The learning trajectory of the Learners for Excellence programme (catching up 4-6 grades over a single year) can be replicated using a more scalable approach using personalised content guided by a facilitator. By focusing on the most fundamental concepts (the Numbers thread), some learners experienced a knock-on effect other, more advanced, concepts creating an accelerated impact. Student engagement was observed to be a significant moderator to improvement, with the family circumstances contributing toward decreased levels of motivation.

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