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Publication Date: 2020
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Moving as a Circle: Folds and Nuances of a Mathematical Concept
Ferrari, Giulia
For the Learning of Mathematics, v40 n3 p3-8 2020
The article discusses the role of body movement, perception and kinaesthesia in mathematical thinking and accounts for the virtuality of mathematical concepts. A first person experience with a graphing motion software (WiiGraph), which involves ample body movements and is used to draw a circle, is presented. To study the unfolding of the mathematical concept through movement, the lived-through dynamic realities of the experience (Sheets-Johnstone, 2011) are analysed to highlight nuances that are disclosed in the process, while the remixing of matter and meaning in mathematical activity (de Freitas & Sinclair, 2014) is discussed through the idea of folds.
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Movement Education, Perception, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Activities, Technology Uses in Education, Human Body
FLM Publishing Association. 382 Education South, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G5, Canada. e-mail: flm2@ualberta.ca; Web site: https://flm-journal.org/
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Language: English
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