Students’ geometrical thinking development at Grade 8 in Shanghai, China
Students’ geometrical thinking development at Grade 8 in Shanghai, China
The main aim of this study is to investigate geometry teaching at the lower secondary school level in Shanghai, with particular attention to the relationship of the teaching/learning phases organized by teachers with students’ thinking levels demonstrated in classrooms and examination papers at Grade 8 (students age 14). Analysis of data from the pilot study suggests that an essential teaching strategy used by the Chinese teachers was mutually reinforcing visual and deductive approaches in order to develop students’ geometric intuition in the learning of deductive geometry.
teaching, learning, pedagogy, curriculum, students, geometry, geometrical, thinking, development, Grade 8, Shanghai, China
0771100X
p.382
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Ding, Liping
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Jones, Keith
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2006
Ding, Liping
e04dabec-984e-4644-b838-16fba10454d2
Jones, Keith
ea790452-883e-419b-87c1-cffad17f868f
Ding, Liping and Jones, Keith
(2006)
Students’ geometrical thinking development at Grade 8 in Shanghai, China.
Novotná, J., Moraová, H., Krátká, M. and Stehlíková, N.
(eds.)
In Proceedings 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME30).
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The main aim of this study is to investigate geometry teaching at the lower secondary school level in Shanghai, with particular attention to the relationship of the teaching/learning phases organized by teachers with students’ thinking levels demonstrated in classrooms and examination papers at Grade 8 (students age 14). Analysis of data from the pilot study suggests that an essential teaching strategy used by the Chinese teachers was mutually reinforcing visual and deductive approaches in order to develop students’ geometric intuition in the learning of deductive geometry.
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Published date: 2006
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Ding, Liping and Jones, Keith (2006) Teaching geometry in lower secondary school in Shanghai, China. Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, 26, (1), 41-46. http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/40502/
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30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME30), Prague, Czech Republic, 2006-07-16 - 2006-07-21
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teaching, learning, pedagogy, curriculum, students, geometry, geometrical, thinking, development, Grade 8, Shanghai, China
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Mathematics, Science & Health Education
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/41263
ISBN: 0771100X
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Liping Ding
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J. Novotná
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H. Moraová
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M. Krátká
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N. Stehlíková
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