Padoa, Neville Edward2019-08-292019-08-291995https://hdl.handle.net/10539/27919RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE degree MASTER OF SCIENCE in the FACULTY OF SCIENCE at the UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRANDThis research report compares the effect that the absolutist and constructivist; pedagogies have on the creative teaching and learning of algebra. the concept, of variable forms an integral part of this research because it is one ef the basic building blocks of algebra. (Abbreviation abstract)enAlgebra -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- South Africa.Constructivism (Education) -- South Africa.Mathematics -- Philosophy.Thesis