Ding, L. and Jones, K.
(2009)
Instructional strategies in explicating the discovery function of proof for lower secondary school students.
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Lin, Fou-Lai, Feng-Jui, Hsieh, Hanna, Gila and de Villiers, Michael (eds.) Proceedings of the ICMI Study 19 Conference: Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education. Taipei, Taiwan, National Taiwan Normal University, .
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Official URL: http://140.122.140.1/~icmi19/f...lume_1.pdf AbstractIn this paper, we report on the analysis of teaching episodes selected from our pedagogical and cognitive research on geometry teaching that illustrate how carefully-chosen instructional strategies can guide Grade 8 students to see and appreciate the discovery function of proof in geometry | Item Type: | Book Section |
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| ID Code: | 69297 |
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| Date of issue: | May 2009 |
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| ISBNs: | 9789860182101 |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | jones, keith, southampton, instruction, pedagogy, strategies, proof, secondary school, students, icmi, conference, proving, mathematics education, isbn 9789860182101 |
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| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
Q Science > QA Mathematics |
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| School or Centre: | School of Education > Pedagogy and Curriculum |
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| Deposited By: | Jones, Mr David |
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| Deposited On: | 03 November 2009 |
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