E-mail: [email protected] 

Position: Professor
Academic qualifications: MSc, DSc(Pret) HNED
NRF rating: C2

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

Publications over the past five years: 

Journal articles 

Tsanwani A, Harding AF, Engelbrecht JC, Maree K  Perceptions of teachers and learners about factors that facilitate learners’ performance in mathematics in South Africa.  African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (AJRMSTE), 18(1)(2014), 40-51

Engelbrecht J, Harding A, Potgieter M  Evaluating the success of a science academic development programme at a research-intensive university.  African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (AJRMSTE), 18(3)(2014), 287–298

Potgieter M, Harding A, Kritzinger Q, Somo C, Engelbrecht J  Reflections of science students on their experience of an academic development programme in South Africa.  South African Journal of Higher Education, 29(1)(2015), 108-131

Harding A., Engelbrecht JC  Personal learning network clusters: A comparison between mathematics and computer science students. Educational Technology & Society, (18)(3)(2015), 173-184

Harding A, Engelbrecht J  Interventions to improve teaching and learning in first year mathematics courses.  International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology 46(7), 1046 - 1060

Van der Hoff Q, Harding AF Cause-effect Analysis: Improvement of a First year Engineering Students’ Calculus Teaching Model. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 48(1)(2017), 16-30

Wiggins HZ, Harding AF, Engelbrecht JC Sibling curves of polynomials. Quaestiones Mathematicae 38(6)(2015), 759–769 

Wiggins HZ, Harding AF, Engelbrecht JC Sibling curves of quadratic polynomials. Quaestiones Mathematicae 40(2)(2017), 215-223

Bothma K, Engelbrecht JC, Harding AF Rethinking the feedback format in formative assessment of undergraduate mathematical competencies. Far East Journal of Mathematical Education 16(2016), 347-370

Wiggins HZ, Harding AF, Engelbrecht JC Student enrichment in mathematics: a case study with first year university students. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 48(2017), S16-S29

Billman A, Harding A, Engelbrecht J Does the chalkboard still hold its own against modern technology in teaching mathematics? A case study, International. Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 49(6)(2018) 809-1823

Van der Hoff Q, Harding AF Review of a Predator-Prey Model with Two Limit Cycles. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 50(6)(2019) 921-933

Reyneke F, Fletcher L, Harding AF The Effect of Technology-based Interventions on the Performance of First Year University Statistics Students. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 22(2)(2018) 231-242

Wiggins HZ, Harding AF, Engelbrecht JC Visualising Complex Polynomials: A Parabola Is but a Drop in the Ocean of Quadratics. Journal of Mathematics Research 10(6)(2018) 91-97

Yani B, Harding AF, Engelbrecht JC Academic maturity of students in an extended programme in mathematics. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 50(7)(2019) 1037-1049

Van der Hoff Q, Harding AF Elemental access to limit cycle existence in Biomath education. Biomath Communications 6(2019) 96-118

Books and/or chapters in books
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

Engelbrecht J, Harding A, Potgieter M Evaluation criteria for a science access program: A case study at a South African university (Chapter 4) in Wood, L. N. & Breyer, Y. (Eds ). Success in Higher Education. Springer. (2017) ISBN 978-981-10-2789-5

Harding A Storytelling for tertiary mathematics in Gabriele Kaiser, Helen Forgasz, Mellony Graven, Alain Kuzniak, Elaine Simmt, Binyan Xu (Editors) Invited Lectures from the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education. (2018) ISBN 978-3-319-72169-9 ISBN 978-3-319-72170-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72170-5 Springer Open p 195 – 207