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Yeliz Çelen; Nurdan Baran – Online Submission, 2023
While in traditional mathematics teaching methods, it is possible to prove concepts while teaching geometry and to reach generalizations that require more complex definitions by using concept findings, while in today's geometry teaching, learning that activates the student's discovery process gains importance. In this context, the aim of this…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction
Miller, Amanda L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation reports the results of a qualitative research project on area measurement. The study utilized structured, task-based interviews with students to (a) investigate the ways students enumerate and structure two-dimensional space with a variety of area units; (b) identify conceptual, procedural, and intuitive aspects of area…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Measurement, Geometric Concepts, Geometry
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Gorgorio, Nuria – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1998
Discusses solving rotation problems and shows that there is an alternative to using mental rotations or their encoding into verbal terms, namely using geometrical properties. Presents an analysis of the functionality and effectiveness of the different kinds of strategies as a function of the task's characteristics. Describes research to improve…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Learning Strategies
Posamentier, Alfred S. – 2003
This book offers ideas to enrich instruction and help teachers explore the intrinsic beauty of math. Through dozens of examples from arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and probability, the symmetries, patterns, processes, paradoxes, and surprises that have facilitated generations of great thinkers are revealed. Activities include: (1) The Beauty in…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry
Hankes, Judith Elaine – 1993
Two studies appear to reach unsatisfactory conclusions regarding causes of low math achievement among American Indians. Leap (1988) studied math problem-solving strategies among low-math-achieving fourth- and fifth-grade Ute reservation students. He concluded that faulty or cumbersome problem-solving strategies were directly linked to Ute language…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Yusuf, Mian Muhammad – 1997
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of Logo Mathematics Tutorial Two (LMT2) for teaching polygons to minority students. The polygons were chosen to develop a sound foundation for further knowledge and exploration in geometry. The subjects (N=23) were middle and high school students that were trained using LMT2. The subjects…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Atweh, Bill, Ed.; Watson, Jane, Ed. – 1992
The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australia (MERGA) was officially constituted in 1980. In 1984, MERGA produced the first review of the mathematics education research carried out in that region. This book is the third in that series of research reviews. An overview provides the context in which the Australian research was conducted and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculators, Cognitive Development, Context Effect
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Burn, Bob – Mathematics in School, 1990
Compared is the use of Euclidean and synthetic geometry in American and European schools. Included is the history of the major developments in the teaching of geometry. Discussed is the demise of formal geometry since World War II. (KR)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Geometry
Kupari, Pekka, Ed. – 1985
Focusing primarily on student cognitive processes, this second yearbook of the Finnish Association of Mathematics and Science Education Research contains five articles and a thesis summary on mathematics teaching and learning. Areas of investigation include: (1) learning styles and strategies; (2) processes and strategies in solving elementary…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education