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The mediation of learning in dynamic geometry environments
Project leader: Keith Jones
This project examined the impact of using dynamic geometry software on lower secondary school students' (aged 12) conceptions of geometrical objects.
The research was part-supported by grant A94/16 from the University of Southampton Research Fund.
Publications (in reverse chronological order)
Jones, K. (2001), Learning Geometrical Concepts using Dynamic Geometry
Software. In: Kay Irwin (Ed), Mathematics Education Research: A
catalyst for change. Auckland: University of Auckland. No ISBN.
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Jones, K. (2000), Providing a Foundation for Deductive
Reasoning: students' interpretations when using dynamic
geometry software and their evolving mathematical explanations. Educational
Studies in Mathematics, 44(1&2), pp 55-85.
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Jones, K. (1999), Student Interpretations of a Dynamic Geometry Environment.
In: Inge Schwank (Ed), European Research in Mathematics Education.
Osnabrueck, Germany: Forschungsinstitut fur Mathematikdidaktik. pp 245-258.
ISBN: 392538653X
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Jones K. (1998), The Mediation of Learning within a Dynamic Geometry
Environment. In: Olivier A (Ed), Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. University
of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Volume 3, pp96-103.
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Jones, K. (1997), Children Learning to Specify Geometrical Relationships
Using a Dynamic Geometry Package. In: Pehkonen E (Ed), Proceedings of the
21st Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics
Education. University of Helsinki, Finland, Volume 3, 121-128.
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Jones, K. (1996), Coming to know about 'dependency' within a dynamic geometry
environment. In: L. Puig and A. Gutiérrez (Eds), Proceedings of the 20th
Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics
Education. University of Valencia, Spain, Volume 3, 145-152.
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Conference Presentations
1st Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME1), Germany, 1998.
22nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME22), Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1998.
21st Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME21), Helsinki, Finland, 1997.
20th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME20), Valencia, Spain, 1996.
Related CRME Projects
DALEST: Developing an Active Learning Environment for Stereometry
(3D geometry)
This project is supported by a grant from the EU, award:
224269-CP-1-2005-1-CY-MINERVA-M
CalGeo: teaching calculus using dynamic geometric tools
The project is supported by a grant from the EU, award:
11892-CP-1-2004-1-GR-COMENIUS-C21
Tools
and Technologies in Mathematical Didactics
This project was carried out in collaboration with colleagues in France,
Italy and Sweden.
The
Effectiveness of using Interactive Whiteboards in Promoting Mathematical
Thinking
This project was part-supported by a DfES research scholarship.
Using Spreadsheets to Enhance Algebraic Understanding
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