{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2186866489","doi":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566322.2014/07.01.04","title":"An Assessment of the Readiness of Grade 10 Learners for Geometry in the Context of Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) Expectation","display_name":"An Assessment of the Readiness of Grade 10 Learners for Geometry in the Context of Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) Expectation","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-06-08","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2186866489","doi":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566322.2014/07.01.04","mag":"2186866489"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.31901/24566322.2014/07.01.04","doi":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566322.2014/07.01.04","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566322.2014/07.01.04","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210212953","display_name":"International Journal of Educational Sciences","issn_l":"0975-1122","issn":["0975-1122","2456-6322"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["poland-20","russia-white-list-4"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4324169648","host_organization_name":"Kamla Raj Enterprises","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4324169648"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Kamla Raj Enterprises"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069545612","display_name":"Jogymol Kalariparampil Alex","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0118-760X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0118-760X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I92579986","display_name":"Walter Sisulu University","ror":"https://ror.org/02svzjn28","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I92579986"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"J.K. Alex","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Faculty of Education, Walter Sisulu University, Private Bag X1, Mthatha 5117, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Faculty of Education, Walter Sisulu University, Private Bag X1, Mthatha 5117, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I92579986"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5088407010","display_name":"Kuttickattu John Mammen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6919-5182","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6919-5182"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I114499477","display_name":"University of Fort Hare","ror":"https://ror.org/0184vwv17","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I114499477"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"K.J. Mammen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Education, University of Fort Hare, East London Campus, Private Bag X 9083, East London 5200, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Education, University of Fort Hare, East London Campus, Private Bag X 9083, East London 5200, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I114499477"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.7716,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":17,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9585546,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"07","issue":"01","first_page":"29","last_page":"39"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12522","display_name":"Mathematics Education and Pedagogy","score":0.9014000296592712,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12522","display_name":"Mathematics Education and Pedagogy","score":0.9014000296592712,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10130","display_name":"Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques","score":0.08009999990463257,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12504","display_name":"Mathematics and Applications","score":0.0052999998442828655,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2608","display_name":"Geometry and Topology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/26","display_name":"Mathematics"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/van-hiele-levels-of-geometric-thinking","display_name":"Van Hiele levels of geometric thinking","score":0.7770000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/euclidean-geometry","display_name":"Euclidean geometry","score":0.9039999842643738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/curriculum-and-assessment-policy-statement","display_name":"Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement","score":0.8600000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tenth-grade-students","display_name":"tenth grade students","score":0.8519999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/formal-proof","display_name":"formal proof","score":0.8450000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geometry-learning","display_name":"geometry learning","score":0.36500000953674316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/curriculum-revision","display_name":"curriculum revision","score":0.3720000088214874}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.6800763607025146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47177190","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207137","display_name":"Curriculum","level":2,"score":0.6676106452941895},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129782007","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162886","display_name":"Euclidean geometry","level":2,"score":0.6596648693084717},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.6315793991088867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777026412","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2684591","display_name":"Statement (logic)","level":2,"score":0.4915958344936371},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133462117","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4929239","display_name":"Data collection","level":2,"score":0.4876617193222046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74196892","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7781188","display_name":"Thematic analysis","level":3,"score":0.4824562668800354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100363876","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q690661","display_name":"Nonprobability sampling","level":3,"score":0.4789334237575531},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202532154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4374193","display_name":"Problem statement","level":2,"score":0.45147576928138733},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190248442","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q839486","display_name":"Qualitative research","level":2,"score":0.4469180703163147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87156501","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7268708","display_name":"Qualitative property","level":2,"score":0.41417649388313293},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.3791985511779785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.35311031341552734},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3409367799758911},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.3100791573524475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.13869890570640564},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.12474557757377625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.11461195349693298},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.10805639624595642},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.10347020626068115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.09132534265518188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.08179867267608643},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2908647359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2625603","display_name":"Population","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.31901/24566322.2014/07.01.04","doi":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566322.2014/07.01.04","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566322.2014/07.01.04","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210212953","display_name":"International Journal of Educational Sciences","issn_l":"0975-1122","issn":["0975-1122","2456-6322"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["poland-20","russia-white-list-4"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4324169648","host_organization_name":"Kamla Raj Enterprises","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4324169648"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Kamla Raj Enterprises"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"doi:10.1080/09751122.2014.11890167","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09751122.2014.11890167","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09751122.2014.11890167","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210212953","display_name":"International Journal of Educational Sciences","issn_l":"0975-1122","issn":["0975-1122","2456-6322"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["poland-20","russia-white-list-4"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4324169648","host_organization_name":"Kamla Raj Enterprises","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4324169648"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Kamla Raj Enterprises"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Educational Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.975600004196167,"display_name":"Quality education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":42,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W32859562","https://openalex.org/W150197294","https://openalex.org/W164284675","https://openalex.org/W197747618","https://openalex.org/W599688073","https://openalex.org/W622392493","https://openalex.org/W1517386518","https://openalex.org/W1546522429","https://openalex.org/W1582699632","https://openalex.org/W1671747886","https://openalex.org/W1932599945","https://openalex.org/W1979929739","https://openalex.org/W2047834104","https://openalex.org/W2055654151","https://openalex.org/W2060336066","https://openalex.org/W2078440941","https://openalex.org/W2088769580","https://openalex.org/W2100379340","https://openalex.org/W2117605515","https://openalex.org/W2127662817","https://openalex.org/W2134384418","https://openalex.org/W2139975194","https://openalex.org/W2157446202","https://openalex.org/W2161497837","https://openalex.org/W2163621888","https://openalex.org/W2168569455","https://openalex.org/W2170236965","https://openalex.org/W2185611134","https://openalex.org/W2189483379","https://openalex.org/W2232433360","https://openalex.org/W2292342462","https://openalex.org/W2501491215","https://openalex.org/W2565523570","https://openalex.org/W2596904818","https://openalex.org/W2768328299","https://openalex.org/W2980582362","https://openalex.org/W2993586683","https://openalex.org/W4214559241","https://openalex.org/W4249354194","https://openalex.org/W4253212957","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W6769132120"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2185611134","https://openalex.org/W2911260854","https://openalex.org/W3165206886","https://openalex.org/W3128392392","https://openalex.org/W4393092715","https://openalex.org/W2460292559","https://openalex.org/W7220782864","https://openalex.org/W2014962853","https://openalex.org/W6893464145","https://openalex.org/W7020495873"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,210],"2012":[1],"January,":[2],"as":[3,101],"part":[4],"of":[5,9,20,62,85,92,95,110,134,138,141,155,200,250,297,308],"the":[6,16,24,42,63,74,86,120,126,130,166,211,218,244,248,251,258,284,287,305],"ongoing":[7],"process":[8],"curriculum":[10,299],"revision":[11],"which":[12],"began":[13],"in":[14,67,70,73,147,180,185,217,269,278],"1994,":[15],"South":[17,142],"African":[18,143],"Depart":[19],"Education":[21,76,187],"(DoE)":[22],"introduced":[23],"Curriculum":[25],"and":[26,77,203,216,228,237,301,311],"Assessment":[27],"Policy":[28],"Statement":[29],"(CAPS).":[30],"The":[31,82,196,226,241,281],"CAPS":[32,259],"brought":[33],"Euclidean":[34,68,148],"geometry":[35,69,309],"with":[36,59,116,160],"its":[37],"formal":[38,60],"proof":[39],"back":[40],"into":[41],"compulsory":[43],"mathematics":[44],"curriculum.":[45],"It":[46,150],"also":[47],"implied":[48],"that":[49,91,247,261,292],"all":[50,71],"learners":[51,146,164,179,252,262],"needed":[52],"to":[53,114,264,271,289,303],"perform":[54,265],"at":[55,103,254,266],"level":[56,117,255,267,275],"4":[57,115,276],"(Deduction:":[58],"proof)":[61],"van":[64,87,131],"Hiele":[65,88,132],"levels":[66,106,111,137],"grades":[72],"Further":[75],"Training":[78],"(FET)":[79],"phase-Grades":[80],"10-12.":[81],"main":[83],"aspect":[84],"theory":[89],"is":[90,151],"children\u2019s":[93],"understanding":[94],"geometric":[96],"concepts":[97],"can":[98],"be":[99,272,294],"characterised":[100],"being":[102,119],"certain":[104],"specific":[105],"within":[107],"a":[108,139,152],"hierarchy":[109],"from":[112,175,243,283],"0":[113,118,256],"lowest.":[121],"This":[122],"paper":[123],"reports":[124],"on":[125,129],"assessment":[127],"based":[128],"model":[133],"geometrical":[135],"thinking":[136,277],"sample":[140],"Grade":[144,177,279],"10":[145,163,178],"Geometry.":[149],"follow":[153],"up":[154],"an":[156],"earlier":[157],"published":[158],"study":[159,172,197,245,285],"191":[161],"grade":[162],"by":[165,298],"same":[167],"authors.":[168],"Data":[169],"for":[170,207,274],"this":[171],"were":[173,191,222,231,253],"generated":[174],"359":[176],"five":[181],"senior":[182],"secondary":[183],"schools":[184,190],"one":[186],"District.":[188],"These":[189],"selected":[192],"through":[193],"purposive":[194],"sampling.":[195],"made":[198,223,295],"use":[199,224,296],"both":[201],"quantitative":[202,227],"qualitative":[204,229],"research":[205],"techniques":[206],"data":[208,230],"collection.":[209],"former,":[212],"multiple":[213],"choice":[214],"questions":[215],"latter,":[219],"structured":[220],"interviews":[221],"of.":[225],"anlysed":[232],"using":[233],"Microsoft":[234],"Excel":[235],"2007":[236],"thematic":[238],"analysis,":[239],"respectively.":[240],"results":[242],"revealed":[246],"majority":[249],"despite":[257],"expectation":[260],"are":[263],"3":[268],"order":[270],"ready":[273],"10.":[280],"findings":[282],"assisted":[286],"authors":[288],"suggest":[290],"recommendations":[291],"could":[293],"developers":[300],"implementers":[302],"improve":[304],"instructional":[306],"strategies":[307],"learning":[310],"teaching.":[312]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}