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This was a qualitative case study which investigated mathematics teachers’ pedagogical practices in the context of learners’ mathematical proficiency with a focus on selected algebraic concepts. Three secondary schools were purposively selected as well as four mathematics teachers who...

Good classroom practices in algebraic word problems by teachers at junior secondary school level are crucial if learners are to build a strong foundation in mathematics. Algebra is important as it is a pre-requisite to nearly all forms of mathematics. Many scholars analysed learners’ errors in...

Since the Outcomes-Based Mathematics Teacher Education Syllabus (OBMTES) was introduced at Junior Secondary Teachers‘ Diploma (JSTD) level in 2016 not much is known regarding how it is being implemented, a scenario which would make it problematic to attribute continued poor competence in...

Poor essential workings in Mathematics is an attribute of poor problem solving processes. The study explored learners’ problem solving processes in Calculus at Grade 12 level. Calculus was introduced when the curriculum was revised in 2013 and involves basic differentiation and integration at...

Poor essential workings in Mathematics is an attribute of poor problem solving processes. The study explored learners’ problem solving processes in Calculus at Grade 12 level. Calculus was introduced when the curriculum was revised in 2013 and involves basic differentiation and integration at...

The purpose of this study was to explore the mathematical knowledge that teachers had for teaching Geometrical transformations in selected secondary schools in Lusaka District. The study was guided by three (3) research questions namely; what iv knowledge of geometrical transformations do the...

Mathematics plays a vital role in personal, national and global development. Despite its great importance to national development, the Zambia Grade 12 National Examination results reports low percentage passes in mathematics. The topics that continuously posed a challenge in Grade 12 Ordinary...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of differentiated instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils by teachers of mathematics in four selected secondary schools in Choma District. The sample comprised 178 respondents from four selected secondary schools of which 18 were...

This study sought to investigate whether the mathematics teacher education curriculum at the University of Zambia (UNZA) adequately prepared student teachers in mathematical content knowledge and mathematical pedagogical content knowledge for teaching classroom mathematics in Zambian secondary...

The purpose of this study was to interview and observe primary school teachers teaching multiplication and division to grade 3 and 4 learners in Western Province, Zambia. This was done in order to understand the strategies that they employ and to identify the challenges they may be encountering...