CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING AS A TOOL IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING: A CASE OF NATIONAL CURRICULUM VOCATIONAL (NC(V)) LEVEL 3 MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS.

This study explored how co-operative learning could be used in the teaching and learning of Linear Programming (LP) for NCV multilingual FET students. A qualitative case study was used in an FET college where students and their lecturers learn mathematics in a language that is not their first, main...

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Publicado en:South African Journal of Higher Education Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 246 - 265
Autores principales: Sipholi, K., Machaba, F.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sabinet Online Limited 2021
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          Department of Mathematics Science and Business Education, Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria, South Africa
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        Linear programming
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        Language ability
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