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The release of a videotape of typical geometry teaching in Japan and the US allows a comparison to be made of the teaching methods typically employed. While the typical US lesson emphasised skill acquisition, the typical Japanese lesson focused on the solving of complex problems through pupil exploration and presentation.
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Jones, Keith (1997) A comparison of the teaching of geometrical ideas in Japan and the US Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, 17, (3), pp. 65-68.
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Published date: 1997
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pedagogy, curriculum, teaching, learning, geometry, mathematics, Japan, Japanese, US, USA, America, geometric, geometrical, textbook, deductive reasoning, proof, conjecturing, inductive reasoning, school
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Mathematics, Science & Health Education
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Local EPrints ID: 41311
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/41311
ISSN: 1463-6840
PURE UUID: 33b36a2a-18ee-4398-a2e7-1a8e4826e6fe
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Date deposited: 23 Aug 2006
Last modified: 17 Jul 2017 15:31
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