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Author Herbst, Pat

Title The Learning and Teaching of Geometry in Secondary Schools : a Modeling Perspective
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (251 pages)
Series IMPACT: Interweaving Mathematics Pedagogy and Content for Teaching
IMPACT: Interweaving Mathematics Pedagogy and Content for Teaching
Contents The Learning and Teaching of Geometry in Secondary Schools- Front Cover; The Learning and Teaching of Geometry in Secondary Schools; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents ; IMPACT-Series Foreword; Series Editors; Series Advisory Board; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes; Chapter 1: The Discourse of Teaching and Learning Secondary Geometry through History; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Overview of This Chapter; 1.3. The Development of Geometry up to the So-Called Foundational Crisis; 1.4. The Shaping of Geometry Curricula in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; 1.5. Recent Developments
1.6. ConclusionChapter 2: Geometric Figures and Their Representations; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Conceptions of Figure: What We Mean by Conception; 2.3. Initial Conceptions of Geometric Figures; 2.4. The Geometric Diagram in the Literature; 2.5. A Modeling Perspective in the Study of Figures; 2.6. Conclusion; Chapter 3: Students' Thinking and Learning in Geometry; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Conceptions of Figure and Students' Cognition; 3.3. Geometric Figures and Students' Learning as Progressive Change in Cognition; 3.4. Enriching Semiotic Registers, Operations, and Control Structures with DGS
3.5. Theoretical Underpinnings for Learning Trajectories of Geometric Figures3.6. Conclusion; Chapter 4: Teaching Practice and Teacher Knowledge in Geometry Instruction; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Teaching Practice in Geometry; 4.3. Teacher Knowledge of Geometry; 4.4. Studies of Preservice Teachers' Knowledge of Geometry; 4.5. Another Look at Elementary and Middle Grades Teachers; 4.6. Beliefs of Secondary Geometry Teachers; 4.7. Conclusion; Chapter 5: Improving the Teaching and Learning of Geometry in Secondary School Classrooms; 5.1. Introduction
5.2. Communication Tasks: A Contribution of the Theory of Didactical Situations to the Design of Interventions5.3. Secondary Geometry in the Service of Modeling the Experience with Shape and Space; 5.4. Communication Tasks in the Teaching and Learning of Geometry; 5.5. Conclusion; Chapter 6: A Conclusion and a Beginning: Doing Research on the Teaching and Learning of Secondary Geometry; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Research Questions; 6.3. Conclusion; References; Index
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Subject Geometry -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Geometry -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Form Electronic book
Author Fujita, Taro
Halverscheid, Stefan
ISBN 9781351973533
1351973533