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ERIC Number: ED600036
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 8
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Prospective Teachers' Conceptions about a Plane Angle and the Context Dependency of the Conceptions
Silfverberg, Harry; Joutsenlahti, Jorma
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) (38th) and the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) (36th, Vancouver, Canada, Jul 15-20, 2014)
In our study, we looked for an answer to the research question "How prospective teachers comprehend the concept of a plane angle and what kind of variation there is between the conceptions? The study shows that the prospective teachers interpret the concept "plane angle" which in principle is familiar to everybody in many different ways. In this paper, we categorise eight interpretations of a different type, appearing in the future teachers' ideas. We also show some examples of the fact that individuals can use different concept images of a plane angle when performing the tasks of different types even in the same test. [For the complete proceedings, see ED597799.]
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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