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Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
   
    Prof AF (Ansie) Harding

   

   



Tel: +2712 420-2738
Fax: +2712 420-3893
E-mail: ansie.harding@up.ac.za
Office: Mathematics Building 1-46 
 
Position: Professor
Academic qualifications: MSc, DSc(Pret) HNED
NRF rating: C2

Fields of interest: Teaching; mathematical modelling
 
Research interests: Mathematics education; numerical mathematics            

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Publications over the past five years:
Journal articles  

 
Potgieter M, Harding AF, Engelbrecht JC Transfer of algebraic and graphical thinking between mathematics and chemistry. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 5(2)(2008), 197-218
 
Kaczynski D, Wood L, Harding A Using radar charts with qualitative evaluation: techniques to assess change in blended learning. Active Learning in Higher Education, 9(1)(2008), 23 -47
 
Engelbrecht JC, Harding AH The impact of the transition to outcomes-based teaching on university preparedness in mathematics in South Africa. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 20(2)(2008), 57-70
 
Velupillai V, Harding AH, Engelbrecht JC Out of (another) frying pan ….? Case studies of the implementation of Curriculum 2005 in some mathematics classrooms.  African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 12(1)(2008), 53-71
 
Engelbrecht JC, Harding AF  New numbers in mathematics in South Africa. International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology, 40(1)(2009), 73-86

Harding A, Engelbrecht JC Sibling curves 3: Imaginary siblings and tracing complex roots. International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology 40(7)(2009), 989-996

Harding A  Wiskundige Modellering: Van skool na universiteit. South African Journal for Science and Technology 28(4)(2009), 355-365

Engelbrecht JC, Harding, AF, Phiri PA Is studente wat in ‘n uitkomsgerigte onderrig-benadering opgelei is, gereed vir universiteitswiskunde? South African Journal for Science and Technology 28(4)(2009), 289-302

Huntley B, Engelbrecht J, Harding A  Can multiple choice questions be successfully used as an assessment format in undergraduate Mathematics?  Pythagoras, 69(2009), 3-16

Huntley B, Engelbrecht J, Harding A  A model for measuring the quality of a mathematics question.  Far East Journal of Mathematical Education, 5(2)(2010), 141-171

Houston K, Mather G, Wood L, Petocz P, Reid A, Harding A, Engelbrecht J, Smith GH  Is there life after modelling? Student conceptions of mathematics.   Mathematics Education Research Journal, 22(2)(2010), 69-80

Engelbrecht JC, Harding AF, Phiri PA  Are OBE-trained learners ready for university mathematics?  Pythagoras, 72(2010), 3-13

Harding A, Engelbrecht JC, Verwey A  Implementing Supplemental Instruction (SI) for a large group in mathematics.  International Journal for Mathematics Education in Science and Technology, 42(7)(2011), 847-856 

Padayachee P, Boshoff H, Olivier W, Harding A  A blended learning Grade 12 intervention using DVD technology to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics.  Pythagoras, 32(1)(2011), 19-26

Wood L, Mather G, Petocz P, Reid A, Engelbrecht J, Harding A, Houston K, Smith G, Perrett G  University students’ views of the role of mathematics in their future.  International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 10(1)(2012), 99-119

Harding AF, Engelbrecht JC  Navorsing oor voorgraadse wiskundeonderrig: ’n Suid-Afrikaanse perspektief.  Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 31(1)(2012), 1-7

Potgieter M, Harding A, Engelbrecht J Why do students find mathematically related problems in chemistry hard? To appear in Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Books and/or chapters in books
 
Harding AF, Wood LN, Muchatuta M  Try and catch the wind: Women who do doctorates at a mature stage in their lives.  In: HJ Forgasz, JR Becker, K Lee, OB Steinthorsdottir (editors), International Perspectives on Gender and Mathematics Education, Information Age Publishing Inc (IAP) 2010, pp 391-419, ISBN: 978-1-61735-042-9

Padayachee P, Harding AF  Towards alleviating the post-apartheid education crisis in South Africa.  In: A Kitchenham (editor), Blended learning across disciplines: Models for implementation, Information Science Reference (IGI Global) 2011, pp 112-131, ISBN: 978-1-60960-479-0

Textbooks
 
Frith J, Hannah, J, Harding A, Heideman N, Pillay P X-kit undergraduate. Maths for Scientists & Engineers, Pearson Education South Africa (Pty) Ltd, (2007), ISBN: 978-1-86891-277-3
 
Conference proceedings
 
Mofolo M, Engelbrecht JC, Harding A Students’ learning difficulties with volumes of solids of revolution. In: A D’Arcy-Warmington, VM Luaces, G Oates and C Varsavsky (editors), 6th Southern Hemisphere Conference on Mathematics and Statistics Teaching and Learning, Proceedings of Calafate Delta’07, Victor Martínez Luaces and Patricia Fogliatti 2007, Uruguay, pp 129-137, ISBN: 978-9974-96-348-1
 
Van der Hoff Q, Harding A Bringing technology into universities of technology. Using spreadsheets in teaching numerical solutions of first-order differential equations. In: A D’Arcy-Warmington, VM Luaces, G Oates and C Varsavsky (editors), 6th Southern Hemisphere Conference on Mathematics and Statistics Teaching and Learning, Proceedings of Calafate Delta’07, Victor Martínez Luaces and Patricia Fogliatti, Uruguay, pp 161-168, ISBN: 978-9974-96-348-1 

Huntley B, Engelbrecht JC, Harding A How good are your mathematics questions? In O Nam Kwon and A Harding (editors), Proceedings of the International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME 11): Topic Study Group 5 (TSG 5) 2008, Monterrey, Mexico 15 pages electronic proceedings;  http://tsg.icme11.org/document/get/885)

Huntley B, Engelbrecht JC, Harding AF An assessment component taxonomy for alternative mathematics assessment formats. In D Wessels (editor), Proceedings of the Seventh Southern Right Delta (ΣPΔ ’09) Conference on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics (Gordon’s Bay, South Africa), 2009, pp 117-128

Engelbrecht J & Harding A Impact of web-based undergraduate mathematics teaching on developing academic maturity: A qualitative investigation. To appear in The Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference on WWW Applications, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2006