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dc.contributor.author Naude, Mariana
dc.contributor.author Meier, Corinne
dc.date.accessioned 2025-03-06T08:52:34Z
dc.date.available 2025-03-06T08:52:34Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.identifier.issn Print: 2521-0262
dc.identifier.issn Online: 2662-012X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10386/4921
dc.description Journal article published in African Perspectives of Research in Teaching and Learning Journal Issue 4, Volume 8, 2024 en_US
dc.description.abstract The poor mathematics performance of South African learners is alarming. A solution is to lay a solid foundation for mathematics learning in early childhood education, using learners’ home language as language of learning and teaching. However, most early childhood learners are English Second Language speakers who are instructed in English. This study aimed at establishing the value of the BrainBoosters mathematics programme, for English Second Language learners in Early Childhood Education. A qualitative case study informed by the interpretivist paradigm gathered data from two preschools which use English as language of learning and teaching in Pretoria, South Africa. Purposeful sampling was used to select two teachers who implemented the BrainBoosters programme in two classes of 15 English Second Language learners, aged 3-5 years, over six weeks. Data were gathered by classroom observations, interviews with teachers and interviews with three Early Childhood Education experts. Data were analysed using thematic content analysis. The results indicated the value of the BrainBoosters programme for early mathematics learning in the English Second Language context and its provision of a positive language learning environment. Direct instruction was effective for learning mathematical concepts; however, activities were insufficiently contextualised. Excessive reinforcement caused learner disengagement. The usefulness of the BrainBoosters programme should be enhanced by a more flexible constructivist approach to the learning of mathematics in Early Childhood Education in English Second Language context. en_US
dc.format.extent 16 Pages en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher African Perspectives of Research in Teaching and Learning Journal en_US
dc.relation.requires PDF en_US
dc.subject BrainBoosters en_US
dc.subject Direct instruction en_US
dc.subject Early childhood education en_US
dc.subject English Second Language learners en_US
dc.subject Mathematics en_US
dc.subject Case study. en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Mathematic ability -- testing en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Mathematics en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Mathematics -- Study and teaching en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Early childhood education -- South Africa en_US
dc.subject.lcsh English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers en_US
dc.title The impact of the BrainBoosters programme on foundational mathematics learning in early childhood education for English second language learners en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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