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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1093243
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-1326-0286
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Budding Architects: Exploring the Designs of Pyramids and Prisms
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairéad
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, v20 n3 p17-23 2015
The context of students as architects is used to examine the similarities and differences between prisms and pyramids. Leavy and Hourigan use the Van Hiele Model as a tool to support teachers to develop expectations for differentiating geometry in the classroom using practical examples.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Architecture, Teaching Methods, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Cooperative Learning, Observation, Visual Perception, Mathematical Models
Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: https://primarystandards.aamt.edu.au/Journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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