Teaching geometry in schools: An investigative rather than instructive process
Pythagoras
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Teaching geometry in schools: An investigative rather than instructive process | |
| Creator | Sanni, Rasheed | |
| Description | Research has documented the prevalence of lessons characterised by homework check, followed by teacher lecture and demonstration, followed in turn, by learner practice sequence of classroom instructional activities in our classrooms. This sequence of classroom activities does not allow for the development of sound mathematics practices and mathematical proficiency. Meanwhile, curriculum reforms in South Africa as well as in other parts of the world recommend classroom activities where teachers create opportunities for, listen to and extend learners. This paper presents a sequence of activities to be used in the teaching of geometry and surface areas of solid shapes in a grade 8 classroom. The sequence portrays the teaching of these concepts as an investigative rather than instructive process. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2007-10-14 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/pythagoras.v0i65.90 | |
| Source | Pythagoras; Issue 65 (2007); 39-44 2223-7895 1012-2346 | |
| Language | eng | |
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