The Role and Function of a Hierarchical Classification of Quadrilaterals.

De Villiers, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ487126

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Publication Date: 1994

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The Role and Function of a Hierarchical Classification of Quadrilaterals.

De Villiers, Michael

For the Learning of Mathematics, v14 n1 p11-18 Feb 1994

Discusses partitioning and hierarchical types of classification, a theoretical analysis of the role and function of hierarchical classification in mathematics, and the teaching of a hierarchical classification of quadrilaterals. (Contains 21 references.) (MKR)

Descriptors: Classification, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Models, Plane Geometry, Schemata (Cognition)

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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