Teaching of Mathematics in Soweto Secondary School. Creative Maths (Malaysian) and Maths the Easy Way (DET) Programmes: A Comparative Study

      Аннотация: This study used a two-group, cross-over controlled experimental design to investigate which training programme best succeeds in improving student performance in mathematics. In this investigation two training programmes were compared both quantitatively and qualitatively in the analysis of the results. The Malaysian ‘Creative Maths’ (a foreign programme) and the DET ‘Maths the Easy Way’ (a local programme) were tested against each other in the teaching of mathematics basic sets theory using the small-group and whole-class teaching methods ,:: respectively. A sample of 40 students matched by age, sex, exposure,mathematics arid the same social background was selected by randomisation out of a population of 135 from ‘Rewutlwile’ Secondary School in Soweto to participate in this study. After selection students were divided and assigned to two groups of 20 participants each, termed control and experiment. Two mathematics teachers from this school volunteered to serve as group-tutors in this experiment in order to teach mathematics basic sets theory through these above mentioned programmes. They were highly qualified and of the same age group, sex and teaching experience.

Ключевые слова: mathematics, teaching, Soweto Secondary School, Creative Maths