Providing research-based guidance on geometry and measures for teachers in middle and high schools

Jones, Keith (2013) Providing research-based guidance on geometry and measures for teachers in middle and high schools. Martinez, Mara V. and Castro Superfine, Alison (eds.) In Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA35). North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. p. 219 .

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Abstract

This poster paper reports on a research project that has produced a resource that synthesizes knowledge about the teaching and learning of mathematics in a way that is designed to be useful to teachers working in middle and high schools. The resource consists of a book and a linked website. The evidence synthesized indicates that the teaching of geometry needs to attend to the spatial aspects and the aspects that relate to reasoning with geometrical theory. In teaching topics in measurement, the synthesis indicates that the mathematics of measurement is not straightforward for many learners and may require more attention in school than is sometimes given.

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Published date: November 2013

Venue - Dates: 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, , Chicago, United States, 2013-11-14 - 2013-11-17

Keywords: mathematics, education, geometry, measures

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