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ASSOCIATION FOR MATHEMATICS
EDUCATION OF SOUTH AFRICA
Programme of the 26th Annual National Congress
(online) of the Association for Mathematics Education
of South Africa: 14 – 16 July 2021
Developing Equitable Mathematical Teaching
and Learning Practices that Empower Teachers
and Learners in the 4IR Era
Proudly hosted by AMESA in association with
the University of South Africa (UNISA)
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Welcome from the National Organising Committee
We welcome you to our 26th National Annual Congress of AMESA postponed from 2020 as a
result of the COVID-19 pandemic which has ravaged our country and the world!
This 26th National Annual Congress is being held virtually in order to observe COVID-19 protocols
as promulgated by the Department of Health, and to keep our members safe during these trying
times. However, we are mindful of the fact that, despite these challenges, some sterling work is
going on in our schools and higher education institutions. We appreciate the work done by our
colleagues in both basic and higher education.
AMESA is aware of its important role as the “voice of Mathematics Education” in South Africa.
Hence, the decision to continue with our Congress, albeit in a different form, and over three days
(instead of the usual five).
We trust that you will find our 26th National Congress informative and meaningful. In this regard
there are more than enough activities and presentations, which we hope will keep you glued to your
laptops or other devices. We also pay tribute to our hardworking NOC and LOC members who
have worked tirelessly to bring you AMESA Congress 2021.
Enjoy AMESA Congress 2021!
AMESA National Organising Committee (NOC)
AMESA 2021 NATIONAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE (NOC)
President Rajendran Govender
Treasurer Manare Setati
National Secretary Kgomotso Pilane
Congress Secretary Nombulelo Mandindi
Mentor Vasuthavan Govender
Additional Member Gary Powell
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Message from the President of AMESA
The spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
has affected all sectors in society and, in particular, education. The
COVID-19 crisis has led to an education crisis for which no one was
prepared. School closures worldwide have affected millions of
pupils the effects of which are yet to be known. ‘Emergency remote
teaching’ as a temporary solution has been adopted in order to
mitigate the effects of the pandemic on education. Much like our
nation’s schools, our university campuses have been closed to most
of our everyday, in-person interactions while remaining open and
engaged with students remotely and via online modalities in the
name of keeping everyone safe and healthy.
COVID-19 is likely to continue to impact our core and support functions during the foreseeable
future. Despite the significant challenges experienced during the pandemic, there were also
valuable learning and teaching gains through technology and optimizing digital platforms. It is
essential to continue to reflect on the COVID-19 experience to see how we can incorporate some of
this period's valuable experiences into our standard practices. Among others, the pandemic has
highlighted the importance of research skills, problem solving, innovation, entrepreneurship and the
ability to work independently. We will have to consider how these skills can be further developed
and nurtured amongst our students in the future.
In support of our South African Government initiative and measure to vigorously curtail and contain
the spread of the Coronavirus, we as AMESA National Council in association with the AMESA 26th
National Congress LOC therefore decided to postpone the Congress from 2020 to 2021, with the
hope that COVID-19 would have been eradicated to a good extent. However, given the continuous
mutation of the virus and the experience of the second wave of COVID-19 in early 2021 and the
projected third wave in June-July 2021, we as AMESA decided to host our AMESA 26th Annual
National Congress virtually for a reduced number of days from 14-16 July 2021.
One of the key strategic measures to address the transformative impact of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution, is preparedness for the future of work. In a short space of time from now, more than one-
third of the skills that are believed to be essential for today’s workforce will have changed according
to the Future of Jobs Report from the World Economic Forum. On-going rapid technological
innovations will mean that people will be sharing workplaces with artificial intelligence platforms
and bots. To stay ahead of the curve, one needs to commit to lifelong learning so as to acquire and
sustain relevant skills-sets required to succeed in the ever-changing workplace of the future. Some
of the skills-sets identified in this regard include: Problem solving, critical thinking, active learning
with a growth mind-set, technology skills, embracing change, Interpersonal communication skills,
judgment and decision making, and emotional intelligence. Hence. Our exceptional LOC and NOC
members have worked hard to prepare deliver our first virtual congress to our members via
synchronous online models with compassion and efficiency. Our theme for the 26th congress is:
Developing Equitable Mathematical Teaching and Learning Practices that Empower Teachers
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and Learners in the 4IR Era. We are hopeful that the combination of plenary papers, panel papers,
long papers, short papers, ‘how I teach it’ presentations and workshops that have been assimilated
into our Congress Programme, will bring to the fore new ideas, which our delegates can take back
and implement in their own practices in resonance with demands of the 4IR Era.
Let me express my heartfelt thanks to Sandra Van Niekerk (Congress Director), Jojo Zingiswa
(Academic Coordinator) and the LOC for the hard work they have put into this Congress. They have
worked very closely with me (Chairperson of the NOC), our AMESA national treasurer, Manare
Setati, and our AMESA national secretary Kgmotso Pilane. Our Congress secretary, Nombulelo
Mandindi worked with registrations at the National Office. She has put lots of hard work into the
registrations process. I would also like to thank Vasuthavan (Nico) Govender, who designed the
Google registration form, captured all the registrations and assisted our Congress secretary,
Nombulelo Mandindi at the National Office conclude the registration process with care and
efficiency. In addition, Vasuthavan (Nico) Govender, went the extra mile to assist in the design and
finalization of our Congress programme in extra-ordinary times.
Let me also thank our plenary speakers, panel discussion members, and all those who are involved
in our academic programmes for your dedication, time and effort in ensuring that we have a
successful 26th National Congress. Lastly let me thank the AMESA Executive, National Council and
all our members for their faith in me as President of AMESA during the challenging times we
experienced as an Association due to COVID-19 and the lockdowns
Yours in Mathematics Education
Rajendran Govender
AMESA President
AMESA 2021 LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE (LOC)
Congress Director Sandra van Niekerk
Deputy Director Batseba Mofolo-Mbokane
Academic Coordinator Zingiswa Jojo
LOC Treasurer Tiniko Trevor Dube
LOC Secretary Thembelihle Mtshali
LOC Members Tinyiko Freddy Tlhavani, Fatima Bibi Cassim,
Ishaak Cassim, Thindisa Maleshane,
Gabriel Mphuthi, Michael Mothiba,
Mbazima Ngoveni, Thabiso Thubakgale
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Message from the AMESA 2021 Congress Director
We welcome you all to the 26th National AMESA Congress, held virtually for the
very first time. In 2020 the Gauteng LOC envisaged a 26th National Congress
where the audience at the end would have shared their ideas and gained more
insight into “Developing equitable mathematical teaching and learning practices
that empower teachers and learners in the 4IR era” our theme for the Congress.
Unfortunately, the congress was postponed.
In February 2021 the Gauteng AMESA LOC, with great excitement, accepted the
challenge to present the 26th AMESA National Congress virtually from 14 to 16 July 2021. We
approached UNISA and were overjoyed when they agreed to provide the services of their
technology department to us. We, thus, have support from experienced staff members who will
train LOC members; we also have the use of UNISA’s sophisticated equipment.
We can assure our attendees that they will have a voice and the presenters will be able to answer
your questions after their presentations. Our audience is going to gain more knowledge and
experience with regard to working in the 4IR era which has become more prominent as a result of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
We thank the plenary speakers, the panel discussions groups, the presenters and the sponsors for
hard work, effort, and contributions to empower the audience at our 26th National AMESA
congress.
The collaboration between the LOC and the NOC has resulted in an exceptional and diverse
academic programme. You, as part of the AMESA congress audience, will have multiple
opportunities to learn, gain different insights as well as share your ideas on the teaching and
learning of the subject we all love.
Sandra Van Niekerk
Congress Director
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Message from the Executive Dean:
College of Education (UNISA)
It is my pleasure to welcome and greet you all to the 26th Annual
National Congress of the Association for Mathematics Education of
South Africa (AMESA). As the Executive Dean of the College of
Education (CEDU), at UNISA, I am so excited that through the
Department of Mathematics Education, our institution has been
accorded a privileged opportunity to host this special and academic
event, which will be held virtually. As CEDU, our core business is that
of training and preparing teachers, hence any educational discourse
that is addressing issues of teaching and learning in the classroom
catches our attention. I have noted with great interest that the 2021 AMESA conference’s theme is
focused on developing equitable mathematical teaching and learning practices that empower teachers
and learners in the 4IR era. As we all know that mathematics is a critical subject that is highly needed
to assist our learners to navigate swiftly into the digital era, such a discussion will be very important
and insightful. It is, therefore, imperative to capacitate the current generation of teachers in
technological spheres so that they are able to contribute positive into the migration efforts to the 4IR
era. As the College of Education we are currently involved in various curricular initiatives that are
largely aimed at aligning the themes in our teaching material in a way that will capacitate our lecturers
and teachers to contribute meaningfully to this migrations. We are therefore excited that AMESA
has initiated this very important dialogue on 4IR, using mathematics in classrooms as a wagon to
carry our nation to the digitalized era. We are waiting with unabated inquisitiveness to listen to all
research-based presentations in this conference. I therefore wish you an enjoyable and fruitful
conference.
Prof PM Sebate
Executive Dean
College of Education
UNISA
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Our sponsors
AMESA has enjoyed the support of a number of sponsors over the years. Our sponsors for the
AMESA 2021 are:
• University of Witwatersrand
• James Ralph (Casio)
• Via Africa
• Macmillan
• Oxford University Press
• The ZENEX Foundation
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Our sponsors continued
Other sponsors of the AMESA 2021 National Congress are:
• University of South Africa
• Shuter & Shooter
• Pearson
• Cambridge University Press
• Seartec Sharp
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Our Plenary Speakers
Lindelani Mnguni (ZENEX Plenary Speaker) is a C2 rated researcher
(2020 – 2025) and is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health
Sciences at the University of Witwatersrand. Previously he was. an Associate
Professor for Science Education at the University of South Africa where he
served as Director: School of Teacher Education. Previously and Chair of the
Department of Science & Technology Education at UNISA and received the
Principal’s Award for Excellence in Research.
Mnguni was listed in Top 200 Young South Africans, Mail & Guardian in 2012.
Mnguni’s research interests include curriculum and instructional design and
development, with specific reference to visuo-semiotic models and visuo-
Lindelani Mnguni semiotic reasoning in (life) science education, as well as health education.
University of Witwatersrand
Satsope Maoto (ZENEX Plenary Speaker) is the current Executive Dean of
the Faculty of Humanities, University of Limpopo. She had the opportunity to
teach mathematics and mathematics education at all levels of education. She
taught primary teachers under a project then called Primary Mathematics
Project (PMP) while teaching at a High School and later at a College of
Education. When she joined academia in April 2000, she lectured both pre-
service and in-service undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She was
one of the academics assigned responsibilities to initiate a Department of
Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in the School of Education
at the University of Limpopo. She thus developed and taught mathematics
for different undergraduate and postgraduate certificates and degree
programmes, – all with specialisation in Mathematics Education. Her
Satsope Maoto
teaching experience at all levels and her research areas for both her master’s
University of Limpopo
and Doctoral degree in mathematics education shaped her research focus,
which is on classroom practice and delves into issues of mathematics
teaching, learning and assessment.
Sophie Marques (SAMS Plenary Speaker) did her PhD in the Algant
program between the University of Padova and the University of Bordeaux.
The topic of her PhD was in the intersection of Algebraic Geometry and
Algebraic Number Theory. After her graduation, she was appointed as
Visiting Assistant Professor at the Courant Institute in New York for two
years, where she was mentored by Yuri Tchinckel and Fedor Bogomolov.
She stayed two more years as a Clinical assistant professor. In 2017, she
decided to leave the United States and move to South Africa, the home
country of her husband. She did a Postdoc at the University of Cape Town
Sophie Marques until 2019, when she was appointed as a Senior lecturer at Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University University, her current position.
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Panel Discussions
Lindelani Mnguni, one of our Plenary speakers, chairs the first panel
discussion in which we unpack our theme of Congress 2021:
“Developing equitable Mathematical Teaching and Learning
practices that empower teachers and learners in the 4IR Era”
The other panel members are:
Jayaluxmi Naidoo,
Vasuthavan Govender and
Themba Mthethwa
Lindelani Mnguni
Mdutshekelwa Ndlovu, Vice-Dean: Research & Postgraduate
Studies in the Faculty of Education at the University of
Johannesburg chairs our second panel discussion titled:
“Teaching Mathematics differently across the phases in
schools, universities and at TVET Colleges”
The other panel members are:
Maoto Satsope,
Batseba Mofolo-Mbokane and
Mdutshekelwa Ndlovu Sophie Marques
10Pearson
11ACADEMIC PROGRAMME
Use the programme overview at the end of this programme fill in your choices for the parallel sessions.
NB: All Mathematics Market (MM) sessions are integrated within the programme.
LEGENDS
AUDIENCE/ PHASE
FP IP Sen P FET MTE
Foundation Intermediate Senior Phase Further Mathematics
Phase Phase Education and Teacher
Training Phase Education
PRESENTATION TYPES
LP Long paper (40 minutes presentation plus 20 minutes discussion)
SP Short paper (20 minutes presentation plus 10 min discussion)
HIT How I teach (30 min)
WS Workshop (1/2 hours)
MMS Maths Market Session
DPS Discussion with plenary speaker
SIG Special interest group
PC Phase Committee meetings
COM Mathematics Competition
ACCESSING THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMME
Each attendee gets access to the Academic programme with links (using the Microsoft teams
platform) to the various venues. If necessary, please download the Microsoft teams app from the
website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/microsoft-teams/download-app
To access academic activities/presentations in these venues (rooms) please use the links shown
in the table below. Please do not share these links with other persons as our system will pick it up
and they will be “ejected” from the venue. These links change each day.
Venues 14 July (Day 1) 15 July (Day 2) 16 July (Day 3)
Links for all sessions and activities on the programme will be e-mailed by our AMESA
Congress Secretary to each delegate who has paid and registered to attend the AMESA
Annual Congress 2021! So, look out for email from
Nombulelo.Mandindi@wits.ac.za
12DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 14 JULY 2021
Announcements/Housekeeping/other matters 08:00 – 08:30
OPENING CEREMONY 08:30 – 10:00
TEA 10:00 – 10:30
PLENARY 1 (ZENEX FOUNDATION SPEAKER) 10:30 – 11:30
Venue: 01
Lindelani Mnguni
Visual Literacy: A critical attribute for
effective learning in the 4IR era:
Chair: Sandra van Niekerk
PARALLEL SESSION 1 11:30 – 12:00
Phase Type Topic and presenter(s) Venue
FP HIT Developing equitable Mathematical teaching and learning practices that empower 01
teachers and learners in 4IR: Shamain Kamele
FP HIT Measurement: Telling the time: Matsie Sebeela 02
IP/TE SP Fourth-year student teachers’ cognitive demands and knowledge domains in selected
mathematics topics: Implications for Teacher Education: Msebenzi Rabaza & 03
Mogege Mosimege
Sen P HIT Two negatives make a positive? Navigating integer errors: Yvonne Sanders, 04
Iresha Ratnayake & Vasantha Moodley
FET/ SP Engineering students’ university entry level mathematics: reflections on algebra: 05
TE Anita Campbell
FET HIT How to use Polya's four-step approach to problem solving in Euclidean Geometry: 06
Yudeisy Cudina, Guerrero Pedro Reinaldo Pérez Campbell & Phillip K. Dikgomo
FET/ SP Reflecting or not reflecting: Secondary Mathematics teachers perspectives: Zanele 07
TE
Ngcobo, Thokozani Mkhwazi, Sebenzile Ngema and & Sara Bansilal
ALL COM Mathematics competition: CASIO 08
13PARALLEL SESSION 2 12:00 – 13:00
Phase Type Topic and presenter(s) Venue
All DPS Discussion with plenary speaker: Lindelani Mnguni 01
FP/TE LP A validation process towards the modification of grade 1 EGMA tests: Qetelo 02
Moloi & Nicky Roberts
IP LP Problem Solving before instruction: inverting the traditional mathematics lesson: 03
Piera Biccard
Sen P LP Towards Mathematics Teacher Professionally Situated Knowledge for teaching 04
directed numbers at grade 8: Judah Makonye
Sen P LP The influence of wording of a mathematics assessment activity on performance: 05
Erica Spangenberg
FET/ LP Enhancing conceptual understanding of circle measurement: online intervention 06
TE of the Geometry App: Alex Lisema Ntsasa
FET LP Investigating grade 11 mathematics learner errors in exponents and surds: 07
Duncan Mhakure1, Muzi Manzini2 & Arne Jakobsen3
FET LP Exploration of pre-service teachers’ practices in the field for the development of 08
students’ Mathematical Literacy: Chipo Makamhure
ALL WS Assessment as learning vs Assessment for learning: Bernadette Aineamani 09
ALL MMS The new CASIO 4 U (1): Astrid Schieber (CASIO) 10
LUNCH 13:00 – 13:30
PANEL DISCUSSION 1 13:30 – 15:00
Developing equitable Mathematical Teaching and Learning practices that empower
teachers and learners in the 4IR Era
Chair: Lindelani Mnguni
Panel Members: Jayaluxmi Naidoo; Themba Mthethwa; Vasuthavan Govender
14PARALLEL SESSION 3 15:00 - 16:00
Phase Committee and Teacher Education meetings
Phase Chair Email address Venue
Foundation Phase Patricia Walaza patriciawalaza@gmail.com 01
Intermediate Phase Kgomotso Pilane pkgomotso78@gmail.com 02
Senior Phase Mzwakhe Sokutu mesoks@gmail.com 03
FET Mathematics Ishaak Cassim Ishaak.cassim@gauteng.gov.za 04
Mathematical Sandra van Niekerk sanelwa@gmail.com 05
Literacy
Technical and TVET Trevor Dube tinikott@yahoo.com 06
Mathematics
Teacher Education Gary Powell gary.powell@uct.ac.za 07
TEA 16:00 - 16:20
AMESA REGIONAL MEETINGS 16:20 – 17:20
REGION Venue
Gauteng 01
Eastern Cape 02
KwaZulu-Natal 03
North-West 04
Mpumalanga 05
Free State 06
Northern Cape 07
Limpopo 08
Western Cape 09
Day 1: Lucky Draw/ Competition winners
17:20 – 17:45
Venue: 01
15DAY 2: THURSDAY 15 JULY 2021
Announcements/housekeeping/other matters 08:00 – 08:30
PLENARY 2 (ZENEX FOUNDATION SPEAKER) 08:30 - 09:30
Venue: 01
Satsope Maoto
Developing equitable mathematical teaching
and learning practices that empower teacher
and learners across the different phases:
From Foundation Phase to University level
(in the 4IR)
Chair: Manare Setati
PARALLEL SESSION 4 09:30 – 10:00
Phase Type Topic and presenter(s) Venue
FP HIT Conceptualization of Multiplication in the Foundation phase: Adam Mncube 01
Nkambule
FP HIT How I teach patterns in the Foundation Phase: DS Makgele 02
IP HIT Developing equitable mathematical teaching and learning practices that 03
empower learners and learners in the 4IR era: Letsehgo Rapulana
FET HIT Using decompression and re-representation in constructing examples for 04
exponents: Shikha Takker, Wanda Masondo and Craig Pournara
TE SP Teaching and learning of mathematics in a resource-limited environment 05
during the COVID-19 lockdown: Brantina Chirinda & Mdu Ndlovu.
ALL SP Selecting the appropriate example set to teach Mathematics: Bernadette 06
Aineamani
ALL SP Building a community empowered with 21st century skills within an inclusive 07
and innovative vision through mathematics: Sophie Marques
ALL COM Mathematics Competition: Macmillan Education 08
TEA 10:00 – 10:30
16PARALLEL SESSION 5 10:30 – 11:30
Phase Type Topic and presenter(s) Venue
FP LP A literature review on “Subitising” in Mathematics: A South African 01
Perspective: Kitso Maragelo
IP LP Understanding of learners’ errors in developing reading time skills on the 02
analogue clock: Kalobo Lukes
IP/SP WS (Un)Common factors and multiples of fractions: Connie Skelton 03
Sen P LP The exploration of the use of GeoGebra software in Grade 8 Mathematics 04
lessons: Molotsi Abueng & Zingiswa Jojo
FET LP Literacy, reading and context in Mathematics: A discussion on mathematical 05
discourses: Machaba Masilo & Brenda Mokotedi
FET LP Analysing grade 12 Mathematics examination papers: Implications for 06
teaching and learning: Vasuthavan Govender
TE LP Exploring Relationships of Teacher Knowledge and Practice: A Qualitative 07
Multiple-Case Study of Five Mathematics Teachers: Zaheera Jina Asvat
TE LP Pre-service teachers' construction of the application of first-order differential 08
equations through task-based interviews: Tatira Benjamin
ALL MMS The new CASIO 4 U (2): Mokonyane "Mack" Lediha (CASIO) 09
Panel Discussion Two 11:30 – 13:00
Teaching Mathematics differently across the phases in schools, universities and at TVET
Colleges
Chair: Mdutshekelwa Ndlovu
Panel Members: Maoto Satsope; Sophie Marques; Batseba Mofolo-Mbokane
LUNCH 13:00 – 13:30
PARALLEL SESSION 6 13:30 – 14:30
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Phase Type Convenors Venue
All SIG Problem Solving: Manare Setati 01
All SIG Ethnomathematics (including IKS): Mogege Mosimego 02
All SIG PrimTed working group (Geometry & Measurement): 03
Gary Powell
All SIG Academic Writing: Faaiz Gierdien 04
17PARALLEL SESSION 7 14:30 – 15:30
Phase Type Presentation Venue
ALL DPS Discussion with plenary speaker: Maoto Satsope 01
IP/ WS Facts, fluency and fun: Exciting ways to get on top of basics in the 02
Sen P
Intermediate and Senior Phase: Baatseba Seage Mamaro & Patrick
Iroanya
SP LP Gender-related errors on Grade 9 algebraic expressions performance: 03
Ikaneng Motlalekgosi & Msebenzi Rabaza
FET/TE LP Covid-19 impact on learner performance: perceptions of grade 12 04
mathematics teachers: Edwin Rankweteke & Zingiswa Jojo
FET/TE LP Mathematics teachers’ professional noticing in the teaching of inverse 05
functions in grade 12: Annie Kgosi & Judah Makonye
TE LP Exploring the improvement of Grade 10 learners’ geometric reasoning 06
through inquiry-based learning: Motshidisi Masilo
ALL WS ICT in Education: Using technology in the teaching and learning of 07
Mathematics: Aamina Ganga
ALL LP The impact of conceptual understanding on conceptual change while 08
advancing from one van Hiele levels of development to the next in the
geometry of quadrilateral: Libusha Azwidow
Sen P MMS How to teach Algebraic equations – Senior Phase Grade 9: Nhlanhla 09
Sibanyoni (MacMillan Education: South Africa)
All MMS Teaching Mathematics in a crazy new world with a Sharp calculator: Tal 10
Moore (SEARTEC SHARP)
TEA 15:30 – 15:50
AMESA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 15:50 -16:50
Venue: 01
MEMORY LANE 17:00 – 17:45
Including lucky draws/competition winners
Venue: 01
18Oxford University Press
19DAY 3: FRIDAY 16 JULY 2021
Announcements/housekeeping/other matters 08:00 – 08:30
PLENARY 3 (SAMS SPEAKER) 08:30 – 09:30
Venue: 01
Sophie Marques
Empowering learners with critical life skills in our
current world by exploring the human side of
mathematics
Chair: Zingiswa Jojo
PARALLEL SESSION 8 09:30 – 10:30
Phase Type Topic and presenter(s) Venue
FP LP Enhancing communication between foundation phase teachers and parents 01
in rural schools: Baseline for Sikunye Grade 2 mathematics Homework:
Kimberley Porteus1, Lydia-Anne Plaatjies2 & Nicky Roberts
IP LP Indigenization of the concreteness fading principle in teaching multiplication 02
of 1-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers indigenous adinkra artefacts to
present concreteness fading” in teaching multiplication: Clement Ali &
Peter Akayuure
Sen P LP The transition from primary school to high school: 03
A survey of top Mathematics learners.: Vasuthavan Govender
FET LP Teachers' knowledge of learners in the teaching of quadratic function: 04
Balqis Banjo & Machaba Masilo
FET LP Twinning as a developmental strategy for mathematics teaching: Grade 11 05
teachers’ views in Capricorn South district: Tshegofatso Makgakga
TE LP Examining teachers’ level of proportional reasoning in solving mathematical 06
tasks: Odette Umugiraneza1; Delia North2; Sarah Bansilal3
TE LP Teacher Educators utilization of questioning as a pedagogical strategy in 07
mathematics classroom: Justice Enu & Zanele Ngcobo
ALL MMS The new CASIO 4 U (2): Merrick James (CASIO) 08
ALL MMS Read to learn: Janine Wilson (Oxford University Press) 09
TEA 10:30 – 11:00
20PARALLEL SESSION 9 11:00 – 12:00
Phase Type Topics and presenter(s) Venue
ALL DPS Discussion with plenary speaker: Sophie Marques 01
FP LP Context-based multiplicative reasoning problems support better performance 02
in foundation phase: Tasmiyah Hoosen
IP WS Intermediate Phase Mathematics Problem Solving: Gloria Mthethwa 03
Sen P LP Ready for algebra? insights from learner performance on whole number 04
items in a diagnostic baseline test: Lynn Bowie and Craig Pournara
Sen P WS Senior Phase Mathematics: Geometry of Straight Lines: Kopano Moroka 05
FET LP Affordances of a flipped classroom for mathematics pre-service teacher 06
development: Erica Spangenberg
FET LP Analysis of grade 12 student’s mathematical reasoning while problem 07
solving: a case for Euclidean Geometry: Muzi Manzini1 & Duncan
Mhakure2
TE LP Exploring teacher’s Instructional practices in Teaching Mathematics- A case 08
of two teachers in a Limpopo School: Malatjie Jeffrey Fourrie & Ngoepe
Mapula Gertrude
ALL MMS The advantages of Mother Tongue-based Bilingual Education (MTBBE) in 09
the Mathematics classroom: Lindelwa Sibawu (Cambridge University
Press: South Africa)
CLOSING CEREMONY 12:15 – 13:15
Venue 01
21Macmillan Education
22PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
Wednesday 14 July 2021 Thursday 15 July 2021 Friday 16 July 2021
08:00 – 08:30 Announcements/Housekeeping 08:00 – 08:30 Announcements/Housekeeping 08:00 – 08:30 Announcements/Housekeeping
08:30 – 09:30 Plenary 2: Satsope Maoto 08:30 – 09:30 Plenary 3: Sophie Marques
08:30 – 10:00 Opening ceremony 09:30 – 10:00 Parallel Session 4 09:30 – 10:30 Parallel Session 8
10:00 – 10:30 Tea 10:00 – 10:30 Tea 10:30 – 11:00 Tea
10.30 – 11:30 Plenary 1: Lindelani Mnguni 10:30 – 11:30 Parallel Session 5 11:00 – 12:00 Parallel Session 9
11:30 - 12:00 Parallel Session 1 11:30 – 13:00 Panel Discussion 2
12:00 – 13:00 Parallel Session 2 12:15 – 13:15 Closing Ceremony
13:00 – 13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 13:30 Lunch 13:15 + Closure of AMESA Congress 2021
13:30 – 15:00 Panel Discussion 1 13:30 – 14:30 Parallel Session 6
Special Interest Groups
15:00 – 16:00 Parallel Session 3: 14:30 – 15:30 Parallel Session 7
Phase committee meetings
16:00 – 16:20 Tea 15:30 – 15:50 Tea
16:20 – 17:20 AMESA Regional meetings 15:50 – 17:00 AMESA AGM
17:20 – 17:45 Lucky draws; competition winners 17:00 – 17:45 Memory lane; lucky draws;
competition winners;
17:45: Closure of day 1
17:45: Closure of day 2
23Our thanks and appreciation
We would like to express our thanks and appreciation to the following:
• Our guest speakers and panel discussion members;
• Our presenters of papers, workshops, “how I teach sessions”, and math markets;
• Our major and other sponsors for their generous support;
• The University of the South Africa for all technical and other arrangements;
• The LOC members, led by Congress Director Mrs Sandra Van Niekerk, for their
hard work;
• The NOC members for working closely with the LOC and
• Lastly, to all participants in the 2021 AMESA National Congress for your patience,
kindness and constructive engagement with our academic programme
We trust that when Congress ends on Friday 16 July 2021, it will be with fond
memories of our 26th Annual National Congress, held virtually for the very first time due
to COVID-19. We look forward to seeing you in the Northwest province in 2022, where
if all goes well, we hope to get back to our “normal” way of arranging our Congresses.
Stay safe until we meet again!
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Some words and inspiration from
Indian Mathematician Shakuntala Devi
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