Memoirs of a Maths Teacher: 6 Understanding Space.

Hutton, Joyce

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Memoirs of a Maths Teacher: 6 Understanding Space

Hutton, Joyce

Mathematics Teaching, 82, 8-14, Mar 78

The author demonstrates that many secondary school students have poor concepts of area and point of view; she argues for diagnostic teaching with respect to formal geometry. Examples of diagnostic activities for determining the development of concepts of space are given. (MN)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Diagnostic Teaching, Geometric Concepts, Junior High Schools, Perception, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Space Orientation

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