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Swart, Michael I.; Schenck, Kelsey E.; Xia, Fangli; Kim, Doy; Kwon, Oh Hoon; Nathan, Mitchell J.; Walkington, Candace – Grantee Submission, 2020
The Hidden Village (THV) is a motion-capture video game for investigating how physical movements foster mathematical thinking and proof practices based on principles of embodied cognition. Analysis of the interactions of students in an all-Limited English Proficiency Title 1 high school geometry classroom revealed ways simulated enactment and…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Thinking Skills, Validity
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Ottmar, Erin R.; Walkington, Candace; Abrahamson, Dor; Nathan, Mitchell J.; Harrison, Avery; Smith, Carmen – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2019
Embodied cognition is growing in theoretical importance and as driving a set of design principles for curriculum activities and technology innovations for mathematics education. The central aim of the EMIC (Embodied Mathematical Imagination and Cognition) Working Group is to connect with inspired colleagues in this growing community of discourse…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Learning Theories, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research
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Nathan, Mitchell; Walkington, Candace; Swart, Michael – Grantee Submission, 2021
Findings synthesized across five empirical laboratory- and classroom-based studies of high school and college students engaged in geometric reasoning and proof production during single- and multi-session investigations (346 participants overall) are presented. The findings converge on several design principles for computer technologies to support…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, High School Students, Undergraduate Students