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
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Jones, Keith
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Jones, Keith
ea790452-883e-419b-87c1-cffad17f868f
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), .
Abstract
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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diagram, teaching, learning, geometry, education, school, mathematics, research
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