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ERIC Number: EJ602445
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8251
Teacher Appropriation and Student Learning of Geometry through Design.
Jacobson, Cathy; Lehrer, Richard
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v31 n1 p71-88 Jan 2000
Presents a study in which children in four grade 2 classrooms learned about transformational geometry and symmetry by designing quilts, while their four teachers participated in professional development focused on understanding children's thinking in arithmetic, and two of the teachers participated in additional workshops on students' thinking about space and geometry. (Contains 17 references.) (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Design Crafts, Discourse Modes, Educational Change, Geometry, Grade 2, Mathematics Instruction, Primary Education, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Visualization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Quilts