An Investigation into assessment reform in South Africa with special reference to common task assessment

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dc.contributor.advisorKhuzwayo, H.B.
dc.contributor.authorXulu, Themba Russel
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-12T12:45:19Z
dc.date.available2013-09-12T12:45:19Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionThesis submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2013.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the attitude and perception of grade 9 mathematics teachers to CTA (common task assessment) 2009 as well as their understanding of the role of CTA. Six secondary schools in Pietermaritzburg area in the province of KwaZulu-Natal were selected as cases for an in-depth qualitative study. Two schools were African schools and the other three were multiracial school and one private school. Fourteen (14) teachers were interviewed and were observed teaching mathematics. The study utilised participant observation, interviews and relevant documents as source of data collection. The main finding of the study was the frustrations expressed by teachers not clearly understanding what is expected of them and also the lack of official support for meaningful implementation and general lack of teachers understanding of the role of CTAs. Most teachers raised their concerns about the lack of mathematics content in grade 9 mathematics CTAs. Most teachers raised concerns about CTAs content favouring or geared towards mathematical literacy and leaving out pure mathematics and failing to prepare learners to be competent in mathematics and failing completely to prepare learners for grade 10 pure Mathematics.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1240
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectCommon task assessmenten_US
dc.subjectMathematics educationen_US
dc.titleAn Investigation into assessment reform in South Africa with special reference to common task assessmenten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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