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Culllen, Amanda L.; Cullen, Craig J.; O'Hanlon, Wendy A. – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2018
In this article, we report on the findings of a study investigating the effects of an intervention designed to provide students in Grades 3-5 with opportunities to work with dynamic and static models of angles in a dynamic geometry environment. We utilized the microgenetic method in this cross-sectional study to observe and document changes in…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Devichi, Claude; Munier, Valerie – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2013
This paper reports classroom research dealing with the difficulties encountered by schoolchildren in the acquisition of angle concept. Two obstacles were pointed out in previous studies: the side-length obstacle and the salience of the prototypical right angle. The first aim of the present study is to determine the extent to which a teaching…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Elementary School Mathematics, Misconceptions, Elementary School Students