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Diagrams in the teaching and learning of geometry: some results and ideas for future research

Diagrams in the teaching and learning of geometry: some results and ideas for future research
Diagrams in the teaching and learning of geometry: some results and ideas for future research
Diagrams are generally taken to be an integral component of doing and understanding mathematics. In the teaching and learning of geometry, the use of diagrams is not only because of the nature of geometrical objects, but also because a diagram is often a particularly effective problem representation that enables complex geometric processes and structures to be represented holistically. At the same time, learners can be misled by diagrams. This brief paper provides some results from research on the affordances and limitations of diagrams in the teaching and learning of geometry. The paper concludes by suggesting some ideas for future research
diagram, teaching, learning, geometry, education, school, mathematics, research
1463-6840
37-42
Jones, Keith
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Jones, Keith
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Jones, Keith (2013) Diagrams in the teaching and learning of geometry: some results and ideas for future research. Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, 33 (2), 37-42.

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Diagrams are generally taken to be an integral component of doing and understanding mathematics. In the teaching and learning of geometry, the use of diagrams is not only because of the nature of geometrical objects, but also because a diagram is often a particularly effective problem representation that enables complex geometric processes and structures to be represented holistically. At the same time, learners can be misled by diagrams. This brief paper provides some results from research on the affordances and limitations of diagrams in the teaching and learning of geometry. The paper concludes by suggesting some ideas for future research

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e-pub ahead of print date: June 2013
Keywords: diagram, teaching, learning, geometry, education, school, mathematics, research
Organisations: Mathematics, Science & Health Education

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Local EPrints ID: 372520
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/372520
ISSN: 1463-6840
PURE UUID: e8b6d1f8-755b-47f6-b21b-c73abdad3aee
ORCID for Keith Jones: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3677-8802

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Date deposited: 12 Dec 2014 14:40
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 18:38

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