Instructional strategies in explicating the discovery function of proof for lower secondary school students
Ding, L. and Jones, K. (2009) Instructional strategies in explicating the discovery function of proof for lower secondary school students. In, Fou-Lai Lin, Feng-Jui Hsieh, Gila Hanna and Michael de Villiers (eds.) Proceedings of the ICMI Study 19 Conference: Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education. Taipei, Taiwan, National Taiwan Normal University, 136-141.
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In 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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| Additional Information: | The pagination of this final proof copy is exactly as it appears in the published version. |
| ISBNs: | 9789860182101 (paperback) |
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| Keywords: | jones, keith, southampton, instruction, pedagogy, strategies, proof, secondary school, students, icmi, conference, proving, mathematics education, isbn 9789860182101 |
| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Education > Mathematics and Science Education Faculty of Social and Human Sciences > Southampton Education School > Mathematics & Science Education |
| Item ID: | 69297 |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2009 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2013 15:37 |
| Contributors: | Ding, L. (Author) Jones, K. (Author) |
| Date: | May 2009 |
| Additional Information: | The pagination of this final proof copy is exactly as it appears in the published version. |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | National Taiwan Normal University |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/69297 |
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