Exploring the value of a teaching and learning intervention (using an assessment as learning – conceptual thread approach) in addressing acquired learning deficits in Mathematics in South Africa Tracey Butchart Student Number: 1298545 Protocol Number: 2016ECE043M Supervised by: Dr. Craig Pournara Dr. Patrick Barmby A Masters Dissertation submitted to the Wits School of Education Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand August 2017