Discourse Perspective of Geometric Thoughts

• Main Author: Wang, Sasha (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Spektrum, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Perspektiven der Mathematikdidaktik
• Subjects: Education.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Mathematics Education.

Sasha Wang revisits the van Hiele model of geometric thinking with Sfard’s discursive framework to investigate geometric thinking from a discourse perspective. The author focuses on describing and analyzing pre-service teachers’ geometric discourse across different van Hiele levels. The explanatory...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical Basis: The van Hiele Model
• Theoretical Framework: Learning as Communicating, Sfard’s Discursive Framework, and the Levels of Geometric Discourse
• Methodology: Participants, the van Hiele Geometry Test, Interview Tasks
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Results from the van Hiele Geometry Test and One-on-One Interviews
• Changes in van Hiele Levels and Changes in Geometric Discourse.