{"id":49576,"date":"2020-11-26T09:37:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T07:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/phone-app-supports-maths-and-science-learners-across-sa-20201125-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:42:53","slug":"phone-app-supports-maths-and-science-learners-across-sa-20201125-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/phone-app-supports-maths-and-science-learners-across-sa-20201125-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Phone app supports maths and science learners across SA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ceba8d7c\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9517\/e1bb0c18a2594bd1b0de83aa9d887142.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9517\/81fa97a9c46d401ab7bce135a280da59.jpg\" title=\"Placed first and second in the Grade 11 category of the MobiTutorZA leaderboard competition, run by Nelson Mandela University, were (right) Evagelos Batsis from Alexander Road High School and Mava Feni from Ethembeni Enrichment Centre. 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Photo: MICHAEL SHEEHAN<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>AS COVID-19 forced distance learning on schools across the country, a maths and science learning-support app developed by Nelson Mandela University\u2019s Govan Mbeki Mathematics Development Centre has been providing critical support for learners in every province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The free and downloadable phone app \u2013 called MobiTutorZA \u2013 provides CAPS curriculum-linked content for Grade 8 to 12 learners, in the form of self-tests, practice exam papers, and content explanations in eight different languages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also includes the MobiMatric revision programme, which prepares Grade 12 learners for a mock exam in preparation for their finals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The app has also become the hub of three national competitions run annually by GMMDC, including a mathematics competition in which learners compete over two rounds, a year-long \u201cleaderboard\u201d competition where learners complete monthly tasks, and a financial mathematics competition, where learners tackle maths problems that have a financial component. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are trying to use technology and specifically, our MobiTutorZA app, to advance the problem solving-skills of learners, and to support their learning, particularly over distance as this is becoming more and more important,\u201d said GMMDC director Prof Werner Olivier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The app is being used by more than 3,000 learners, with over 400 entering the competitions \u2013 but GMMDC is working hard to reach thousands more, particularly targeting learners from under-resourced schools, where the need for support is greatest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe app also allows teachers to set up their own unique tests for learners to complete over distance. 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