- Title
- Dynamic geometry software as a dynamic tool for spatial exploration:
- Creator
- Holzl, Reinhard, Schäfer, Marc
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140871
- Identifier
- vital:37925
- Identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC146065
- Description
- Dynamic Geometry Software (DGS) such as GeoGebra, Geometer's Sketchpad and Cabri Geometry offer a wealth of opportunities for an exploratory style of teaching and learning Mathematics, particularly in the exploration of space and shape. The new Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) foregrounds the use of spatial skills and properties of shapes and objects "to identify, pose and solve problems creatively and critically" (South Africa. DBE, 2011, p. 9). Although the South African Mathematics curriculum no longer places importance on traditional Euclidean construction by means of straightedge and compass, DGS can nonetheless be used to engage with fundamental ideas relating to geometric shapes, symmetry and transformations. This was the impetus behind encouraging the use of GeoGebra in four township schools in the Grahamstown Education District whose Mathematics teachers participate in an ongoing in-service research and development programme hosted by Rhodes University.
- Format
- 5 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Learning and Teaching Mathematics, Holzl, R. and Schafer, M., 2013. Dynamic geometry software as a dynamic tool for spatial exploration. Learning and Teaching Mathematics, 2013(15), pp.41-45, Learning and Teaching Mathematics volume 15 number 0 41 45 January 2013 1990-6811
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- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of Sabinet (https://journals.co.za/upload/marketing/Sabinet_Website_TandC_2017.pdf)
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