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Mathematics in South Africa: Progress or Just Treading Water?
Tracy Butchart analyses South Africa’s Class of 2024 maths results, noting stagnant performance despite higher pass rates. She highlights declining participation, low quality passes, and the need for early intervention.
Mathematics in South Africa: Progress or Just Treading Water?
Tracy Butchart analyses South Africa’s Class of 2024 maths results, noting stagnant performance despite higher pass rates. She highlights declining participation, low quality passes, and the need for early intervention.
Modern Pedagogy
The Gamification Effect: Where Learning Meets Fun
In a world where education continuously evolves to meet the needs of the digital age, Reflective Learning works to guide both students and teachers through the maze of conceptual learning.
Teaching Insights
Beyond Exemplars: Creating a Robust Learning Culture for Matric Pupils
In a recent article by News24, a pressing concern has emerged from the Department of Education, prompting a reflective pause on the pedagogical approaches in schools.
Metacognition
3 Ways to Develop Metacognitive Skills
Developing metacognitive skills in young people needs to be an important focus area for teachers. After all, metacognitive skills help learners to think about their thinking and this invaluable ability
Metacognition
Metacognition and Why It Matters in Education
Metacognition refers to the mental processes we use to plan, monitor, and evaluate how well we understand and can do something. It is about understanding how we learn (cognitive understanding)
Metacognition
Teaching Metacognition in the Classroom
It is this metacognitive awareness that initiates the student to take charge of their own learning. For a learner agency to be successful there has to be a fundamental shift
