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What Happens When a Climber Falls? Young Climbers Mathematise a Climbing Situation
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Fyhn, Anne Birgitte – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
Students in Norway and other countries experience vectors as a difficult topic. Four young skilled climbers, who all did well in mathematics at school, participated in the Vector Study (VS). They participated for free and each lesson lasted until the students decided it was over. The idea was to investigate how climbing may function as a basis for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Algebra, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics