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PDHahn
Qualifications and Experience
Lida completed an MSc in Mathematics: "On
certain generalisations of Bellman integral inequalities" at the
University in Katowitz, Poland. She then worked as a researcher at the
Centre of Science and Technology at the Polish State Railway.
During
this time she was involved in building the software for various
numerical calculations and statistics problems of railway traffic
engineering. She also worked individually and as part of a team on many
projects.
After emigrating to South Africa she was a part-time
lecturer in the Mathematics Department and the Department of Statistical
Sciencs at UCT.
From the beginning of 2003 she was appointed as a
full-time lecturer in the Department of Statistical Sciences.
Lida is the course convenor for STA1001F, STA1001S and STA1001H
Research Interests
Mathematics and
Statistic Education.
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Links between dropout rate of incoming
students into STA1001 course and their earlier algebraic skills.
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Developing Special Intervention
Program to support students with identified needs.
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Adapting the monitored workshop mode
to plan for changed needs associated with any mathematical literacy
challenges associated with changes in the school-leaving curriculum.
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Work in Progress
Challenges in
identifying and rectifying algebra misconceptions and gaps exhibited by
the 1st year students registered for the STA1001 course at the
University of Cape Town.
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