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High school learners' mental construction during solving optimisation problems in Calculus: a South African case study
- D. Brijlall, Zanele Ndlovu
- Psychology
- 1 May 2013
This qualitative case study in a rural school in Umgungundlovu District in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, explored Grade 12 learners’ mental constructions of mathematical knowledge during engagement… Expand
Analysing engineering students’ understanding of integration to propose a genetic decomposition
- D. Brijlall, N. J. Ndlazi
- 1 September 2019
Abstract This paper reports on a study which explored engineering students’ understanding of the techniques of integration in calculus. There were 30 first year engineering students who participated… Expand
Exploring the Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Probability in Middle School: A South African Case Study
- D. Brijlall
- Engineering
- 8 October 2014
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Pre-service Mathematics Teachers’ Mental Constructions of the Determinant Concept
- Zanele Ndlovu, D. Brijlall
- Mathematics
- 8 June 2016
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Pre-service Teachers’ Mental Constructions of Concepts in Matrix Algebra
- Zanele Ndlovu, D. Brijlall
- Psychology
- 7 April 2015
This study is part of ongoing research in undergraduate mathematics education. The study was guided by the belief that understanding the mental constructions the pre-service teachers make when… Expand
Using an inductive approach for definition making: Monotonicity and boundedness of sequences
- D. Brijlall, A. Maharaj
- Mathematics
- 1 September 2009
The study investigated fourth–year students’ construction of the definitions of monotonicity and boundedness of sequences, at the Edgewood Campus of the University of KwaZulu –Natal in South Africa.… Expand
Improving Proficiency in Mathematics through Website-based Tasks: A Case of Basic Algebra
Understanding how university students make sense of mathematics is always of concern to their lecturers. A group of lecturers at a South African university studied written responses of first year… Expand
Collaborative learning in a multilingual class
- D. Brijlall
- Computer Science
- 10 October 2008
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Preservice mathematics students' notions of the concept definition of continuity in calculus through collaborative instructional design worksheets
- Nalini Maharajh, D. Brijlall, N. Govender
- Mathematics
- 1 January 2008
Abstract The aim of this research was to develop second-year preservice mathematics students' advance notion of the concept definition of continuity of single-valued functions in differential… Expand
An exploration of the common content knowledge of high school mathematics teachers
- S. Bansilal, D. Brijlall, Thokozani W. Mkhwanazi
- Mathematics
- 1 March 2014
Many studies point to the problem of poor mathematics content knowledge of mathematics teachers in South Africa. The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' knowledge of the mathematics… Expand
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