Levels of Sophistication in Elementary Students’ Understanding of Polygon Concept and Polygons Classes

Levels of Sophistication in Elementary Students’ Understanding of Polygon Concept and Polygons Classes

This paper reports sophistication levels in third grade children’s understanding of polygon concept and polygon classes. We consider how children endow mathematical meaning to parts of figures and reason to identify relationships between polygons. We describe four levels of sophistication in childre...

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Main Authors: Melania Bernabeu, Salvador Llinares, Mar Moreno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Mathematics
Subjects:
geometrical thinking
levels of sophistication
polygon concept
polygon classes
elementary education
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/9/16/1966

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