A web-based learning system for congruency-based proofs in geometry in lower secondary school
A web-based learning system for congruency-based proofs in geometry in lower secondary school
International research confirms that many secondary school students can find it difficult to understand and construct mathematical proofs. In this paper we report on a research project in which we are developing a web-based learning support platform (available in Japanese, English and Chinese) for students who are just starting to tackle congruency-based in geometry in lower secondary school. In using the technology students can complete the congruency-based proofs by dragging sides, angles and triangles to on-screen cells and our system automatically translates the figural elements to their symbolic form. Using the notion of ‘conceptions of congruency’ as our framework, we compare the tasks provided in our web-based learning system with similar tasks in a typical textbook from Japan. Our analysis shows that the tasks provided in the web-based platform aim to help learners to develop a correspondence conception of triangle congruency.
mathematics, education, technology
206-211
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
Miyazaki, Mikio
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Jones, Keith
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Fujita, Taro
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July 2013
Miyazaki, Mikio
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Jones, Keith
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Fujita, Taro
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Miyazaki, Mikio, Jones, Keith and Fujita, Taro
(2013)
A web-based learning system for congruency-based proofs in geometry in lower secondary school.
Faggiano, Eleonora and Montone, Antonella
(eds.)
In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT11).
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro.
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Abstract
International research confirms that many secondary school students can find it difficult to understand and construct mathematical proofs. In this paper we report on a research project in which we are developing a web-based learning support platform (available in Japanese, English and Chinese) for students who are just starting to tackle congruency-based in geometry in lower secondary school. In using the technology students can complete the congruency-based proofs by dragging sides, angles and triangles to on-screen cells and our system automatically translates the figural elements to their symbolic form. Using the notion of ‘conceptions of congruency’ as our framework, we compare the tasks provided in our web-based learning system with similar tasks in a typical textbook from Japan. Our analysis shows that the tasks provided in the web-based platform aim to help learners to develop a correspondence conception of triangle congruency.
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Published date: July 2013
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11th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching: ICTMT11, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy, 2013-07-09 - 2013-07-12
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mathematics, education, technology
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Author:
Mikio Miyazaki
Author:
Taro Fujita
Editor:
Eleonora Faggiano
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Antonella Montone
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