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Seah, Rebecca; Horne, Marj; Berenger, Adrian – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
This study surveyed and analysed four secondary school students' writing about a square. Sfard's discursive approach to understanding mathematical discourse was used to analyse the responses collected from 214 Australian secondary school students. The results showed that geometric knowledge was developed experientially and not developmentally.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Knowledge Level, Mathematics Achievement, Geometric Concepts
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Liljedahl, Peter, Ed.; Nicol, Cynthia, Ed.; Oesterie, Susan, Ed.; Allan, Darien, Ed. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
The theme of the 38th meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 38) and the 36th meeting of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA 36) was "Mathematics Education at the Edge." Academically, the theme provides opportunities to highlight and examine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Educational Psychology, Educational Research
Landman, Greisy Winicki – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2005
Mathematical games provide wonderful opportunities to engage students in meaningful and rich mathematical investigations. This article describes three mathematical games suitable to be played by different groups of students, from young elementary school students, learning the basics of arithmetic and geometry, to older students making their first…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Geometry, Elementary School Students, Arithmetic
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Warkentin, Don R. – Mathematics Teacher, 2000
Presents a teaching experience with high school students in geometry class using hand signals that reinforce meaning of geometric concepts. (KHR)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), 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