The place of experimental tasks in geometry teaching: learning from the textbook designs of the early 20th century
The dual nature of geometry, in that it is a theoretical domain and an area of practical experience, presents mathematics teachers with opportunities and dilemmas. Opportunities exist to link theory with the everyday knowledge of pupils but the dilemmas are that learners very often find the dual nat...
Main Authors: | Fujita, Taro (Author), Jones, Keith (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2003.
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