AN INTERVENTION PROGRAMME TO OPTIMISE THE
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF GRADE R-LEARNERS: A
BOUNDED PILOT STUDY
STEFANIE-MARIÈ ESTERHUIZEN
HED, FED, HONS B Ed, M Ed
A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the
degree
PHILOSOPHIAE DOCTOR
in
Teaching and Learning
in the
SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
at the
NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY
(VAAL TRIANGLE CAMPUS)
Supervisor: Prof. M.M. Grosser Vanderbijlpark
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... i
SECTION 1 ... 1
CEPP INTERVENTION SESSIONS 1 – 12 ... 1
1.1 SESSION 1: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: COLOUR AND PICTURES ... 2
1.2 SESSION 2: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: COLOUR AND PATTERNS ... 8
1.3 SESSION 3: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: COLOUR AND POSITION ... 14
1.4 SESSION 4: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: COLOUR AND NUMBER ... 20
1.5 SESSION 5: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: SHAPE ... 26
1.6 SESSION 6: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: SHAPE AND SIZE ... 32
1.7 SESSION 7: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: SHAPES: PART AND WHOLE ... 38
1.8 SESSION 8: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: NUMBER QUANTITY ... 44
1.9 SESSION 9: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: NUMBER - ADDITION ... 50
1.10 SESSION 10: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: NUMBER - SUBTRACTION .. 56
1.11 SESSION 11: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: SOUNDS AND PHONICS ... 62
1.12 SESSION 12: HIGHER ORDER CONCEPT: PERCEPTION ... 68
SECTION 2 ... 73 OBSERVATION PROFILES ... 73 2.1 PROFILE: PARTICIPANT 1 ... 73 2.2 PROFILE: PARTICIPANT 2 ... 90 2.3 PROFILE: PARTICIPANT 3 ... 108 2.4 PROFILE: PARTICIPANT 4 ... 122 2.5 PROFILE: PARTICIPANT 5 ... 138
ii 2.6 PROFILE: PARTICIPANT 6 ... 162 2.7 PROFILE: PARTICIPANT 7 ... 178 2.8 PROFILE: PARTICIPANT 8 ... 196 2.9 PROFILE: PARTICIPANT 9 ... 213 2.10 PROFILE: PARTICIPANT 10 ... 228