Geometrical and spatial reasoning: challenges for research in mathematics education
Geometrical and spatial reasoning: challenges for research in mathematics education
In this paper I examine evidence from research to argue that geometry education at the school level needs to attend to two closely-entwined aspects of geometry: the spatial aspects and the aspects that relate to reasoning with geometrical theory. Both of these aspects can be taught, but the challenge for research in mathematics education is to find way in which both geometric and spatial reasoning can be taught in a way that each supports the other.
mathematics, education, geometry
3-10
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Jones, Keith
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October 2012
Jones, Keith
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Jones, Keith
(2012)
Geometrical and spatial reasoning: challenges for research in mathematics education.
Pinto, Hélia, Jacinto, Hélia, Henriques, Ana, Silvestre, Ana and Nunes, Cláudia
(eds.)
In Atas do XXIII Seminário de Investigação em Educação Matemática (SIEM XXIII).
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Abstract
In this paper I examine evidence from research to argue that geometry education at the school level needs to attend to two closely-entwined aspects of geometry: the spatial aspects and the aspects that relate to reasoning with geometrical theory. Both of these aspects can be taught, but the challenge for research in mathematics education is to find way in which both geometric and spatial reasoning can be taught in a way that each supports the other.
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Published date: October 2012
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XXIII Seminário de Investigação em Educação Matemática, , Coimbra, Portugal, 2012-10-06 - 2012-10-07
Keywords:
mathematics, education, geometry
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Hélia Pinto
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Hélia Jacinto
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Ana Henriques
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Ana Silvestre
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Cláudia Nunes
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