Changes in the teaching practice was made to the presentation of mathematical content, class tasks and activities, as well as
the teaching and learning environment by encouraging active participation of the students in inquiry, thinking, problem
solving and communicating the mathematics learnt. Fortunately, current trends towards outcome-based education, ProblemBased Learning and giving students some exposure to real problems are providing some of the means to achieve these.
However, it was not easy to convince students to participate and explore new ways of learning more suitable for advanced
education and professional development. We have described some of the factors that contributed towards their participation