Browsing by Author "Havenga, Marietjie"
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Increasing self-efficacy in learning to program: exploring the benefits of explicit instruction for problem solving
Govender, Irene; Govender, Desmond W.; Havenga, Marietjie; Mentz, Elsa; Breed, Betty; Dignum, Frank; Dignum, Virginia (2014)The difficulty of learning to program has long been identified amongst novices. This study explored the benefits of teaching a problem solving strategy by comparing students’ perceptions and attitudes towards problem ... -
Knowledge, skills and strategies for successful object-oriented programming: a proposed learning repertoire
Mentz, Elsa; Havenga, Marietjie (South African Computer Society, 2008) -
Lessons learned from teaching scratch as an introduction to object-oriented Programming in Delphi
Van Zyl, Sukie; Mentz, Elsa; Havenga, Marietjie (Taylor & Francis, 2016)As part of curriculum changes in South Africa, an introductory programming language, Scratch, must first be taught before switching to the well-established teaching of Delphi. The nature of programming in Scratch is ... -
Project-based learning in consumer sciences: enhancing students responsibility in learning
Havenga, Marietjie; De Beer, Hanli (South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences (SAAFECS), 2016)This study applied project-based learning (PBL) in Consumer Sciences (CS) with the aim of enhancing student responsibility in learning and contributing to teaching and learning by proposing a theory concerning students? ... -
The role of metacognitive skills in solving object-oriented programming problems: a case study
Havenga, Marietjie (2015)This article reports on the role of metacognitive skills when solving object-oriented programming problems as part of a case study. The research was constructivist-based within an interpretivist approach to explore how ... -
Supporting information technology teachers through programming professional development: a South African case study
Govender, Desmond Wesley; Govender, Irene; Breed, Betty; Havenga, Marietjie; Mentz, Elsa; Dignum, Frank; Dignum, Virginia (Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2013)Currently, there are many challenges of preparing and supporting secondary school Information Technology (IT) teachers. In addition to increasing the number of IT teachers, there is a need of supporting those teachers to ... -
Verbruikerstudie-onderwysstudente se affektiewe ervarings tydens projekgebaseerde leer
Du Toit, Adri; Havenga, Marietjie; Van der Walt, Marthie (AOSIS, 2016)Die implementering van projekgebaseerde leer het die potensiaal om affektiewe faktore in studente positief te ontwikkel wat selfgerigte lewenslange leer kan bevorder. Lewenslange leer is 'n sleutelvereiste vir onderwysers ... -
Views of the use of self–directed metagonitive questioning during pair programming in economically deprived rural schools
Breed, Betty; Menz, Elsa; Havenga, Marietjie; Govender, Irene; Govender, Desmond (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (SAARMSTE), 2013)The research reported in this article formed part of an internationally funded project about the empowerment of Information Technology (IT) teachers in economically deprived rural schools in the North-West and KwaZulu-Natal ...