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Designing Learning Environments for Developing Understanding of Geometry and Space

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Despite a long intellectual history dating back to the origins of civilization and a recent resurgence as cutting edge mathematics, geometry and spatial visualization in school are often compressed into a caricature of Greek geometry, generally reserved for the second year of high school. The resulting impoverished view of the mathematics of space rebounds throughout schooling to generally diminish student (and adult) understanding of mathematics. Rather than looking to high school geometry as the locus - and all too often, the apex - of geometric reasoning, the contributors to this volume suggest that reasoning about space can and should be successfully integrated with other forms of mathematics, starting at the elementary level and continuing through high school. Reintegrating spatial reasoning into the mathematical mainstream - indeed, placing it at the core of K-12 mathematics environments that promote learning with understanding - will mean increased attention to problems in modelling, structure and design, and reinvigoration of traditional topics like measure, dimension and form. Geometry education should include contributions to the mathematics of space that were developed after those of the Greeks. This volume reflects an appreciation of the interactive roles of subject matter, teacher, student and technologies in designing classrooms that promote understanding of geometry and space. Although these elements of geometry education are mutually constituted, the volume is organized to highlight: first, the editors' vision of a general geometry education; second, the development of student thinking in everyday and classroom contexts; and third, the role of technologies.
Release date NZ
October 1st, 1998
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Edited by Daniel Chazan
  • Edited by Richard Lehrer
Pages
518
Dimensions
152x229x32
ISBN-13
9780805819496
Product ID
7666769

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