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dc.contributor.advisor Kibirige, I.
dc.contributor.author Tlala, Benedict Mpapa
dc.date.accessioned 2013-04-16T13:35:46Z
dc.date.available 2013-04-16T13:35:46Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10386/785
dc.description Thesis (M.ED.) --University of Limpopo, 2011 en_US
dc.description.abstract A deep level approach to learning leads to quality learning outcomes. Teachers should use appropriate teaching strategies to encourage learners to use deep level approaches to learning. The Conceptual Change Model (CCM) approach is one such strategy for the teaching of science concepts. Deep level approaches are a necessity when dealing with a difficult science concept like photosynthesis. The purpose of this study was to investigate Grade 10 learners’ achievements in photosynthesis using the CCM approach in order to minimize misconceptions and develop a broader and deeper understanding of the photosynthesis process in the high school context in a semi-rural South African school. The learners’ attitudes towards the CCM approach in the teaching of Life Sciences were explored. This study aimed to answer the following main question: what are the achievements of Grade 10 learners’ in photosynthesis as core knowledge? The CCM approach included worksheets based on all five steps of the CCM process: commit to an outcome, expose beliefs, confront beliefs, accommodate the concept and extend the concept. The sample consisted of 78 Grade 10 learners. The research was carried out with a quasi-experimental/control group design and lasted for six weeks. The achievement test and questionnaires were used as instruments to collect data. The analyses of results show that experimental and control group’s pre-test academic achievement scores were similar and there was no significant difference between them (p < 0.05), but when the academic achievement of the post-test results of the EG and CG were analyzed, it was clear that there is a significant difference. The results from post-tests suggest that learners from the EG, taught using the CCM approach, show significantly greater achievements in photosynthesis than learners from the CG. In addition, learners from EG show a positive attitude towards Life Sciences after CCM teaching approach, but not from the CG taught using traditional approach. These findings have implications for a science teacher and recommendations are made to improve the teaching of photosynthesis as core knowledge. en_US
dc.format.extent vi, 66 leaves en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus) en_US
dc.relation.requires pdf en_US
dc.subject Photosynthesis en_US
dc.subject Chance model en_US
dc.subject.ddc 372.12850968 en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Education -- Research en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Group work in research en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Education -- Study and teaching en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Education -- Experimental methods -- South Africa en_US
dc.title Investigating grade 10 learners' achievements in photosynthesis using conceptual chance model en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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