Developing geometric discourses using DGS in K-3
Developing geometric discourses using DGS in K-3
This paper reports on ideas developed during an analysis of data from a project involving young children (aged 5-7 years) in a whole-class situation using dynamic geometry software. The focus is a classroom episode in which the children try to decide whether two lines that they know continue (but cannot see all of the continuation) will intersect, or not. The analysis illustrates how the children can move from an empirical, visual description of spatial relations to a more theoretical, abstract one.
mathematics, education, geometry
185-192
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Sinclair, Nathalie
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Moss, Joan
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July 2010
Sinclair, Nathalie
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Jones, Keith
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Sinclair, Nathalie, Moss, Joan and Jones, Keith
(2010)
Developing geometric discourses using DGS in K-3.
Pinto, Márcia M. F. and Kawasaki, Teresinha F.
(eds.)
In Proceedings of the 34th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME34).
vol. 4,
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.
.
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Abstract
This paper reports on ideas developed during an analysis of data from a project involving young children (aged 5-7 years) in a whole-class situation using dynamic geometry software. The focus is a classroom episode in which the children try to decide whether two lines that they know continue (but cannot see all of the continuation) will intersect, or not. The analysis illustrates how the children can move from an empirical, visual description of spatial relations to a more theoretical, abstract one.
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Published date: July 2010
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34th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2010-07-18 - 2010-07-23
Keywords:
mathematics, education, geometry
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/445836
ISSN: 0771-100X
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Author:
Nathalie Sinclair
Author:
Joan Moss
Editor:
Márcia M. F. Pinto
Editor:
Teresinha F. Kawasaki
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