Exploring the impact of Feuerstein’s Instrumental Enrichment Programme on the cognitive development of prospective mathematics educators

Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa

 
 
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Title Exploring the impact of Feuerstein’s Instrumental Enrichment Programme on the cognitive development of prospective mathematics educators
 
Creator Kloppers, M (Magda) M Grosser, M (Mary) M
 
Subject Mathematics teaching; Cognitive development; Teacher education Cognitive skills; cognitive development; intervention; mediation; cognitive development; Instrumental Enrichment
Description In this article the researchers report on the findings obtained from a sequential explanatory mixed method study through testing and narratives in order to determine the extent to which 24 prospective Mathematics educators at a South African university enrolled for a BEd-degree possess cognitive skills, and to establish the potential of the Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment programme (FIE) to develop and improve the cognitive skills of the said prospective educators. Results indicated that there is a need for improving the cognitive skills of the prospective Mathematics educators and that the FIE programme possesses the latent potential to improve and develop cognitive skills.The significance of this research lies in the contribution it makes in particular to equip lecturers involved in educator training with knowledge regarding the merits of the Feuerstein FIE programme for improving cognitive performance.Keywords: Cognitive skills; cognitive development; intervention; mediation; cognitive development; Instrumental EnrichmentDisciplines: Mathematics teaching; Cognitive development; Teacher education
 
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Date 2010-03-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
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Identifier 10.4102/td.v6i2.264
 
Source The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa; Vol 6, No 2 (2010); 20 pages 2415-2005 1817-4434
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2010 M (Magda) M Kloppers, M (Mary) M Grosser https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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