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Helping Children Talk about Shapes: A Case Study with Ten Children in the Learning Support Programme
Direct linkFong, Ng Swee – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2006
This paper describes an activity which attempts to change the discourse of a mathematics classroom with the specific intent to help children who may have difficulties with mathematics and ways of communicating. Ten 8-year old children in the Learning Support Programme were engaged in an open-ended geometric task. In this paper a brief description…
Descriptors: Animals, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Communication Skills
