What’s a real 2D shape? Designing appropriate geometric instruction

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2015

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AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers]

Abstract

Mairead Hourigan and Aisling Leavy describe a range of teaching and learning activities focusing on the identification and classification of 2-dimensional shapes. The activities described are useful in highlighting students’ misconceptions regarding non-traditional and non-prototypical shapes.

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What’s a real 2D shape? Designing appropriate geometric instruction

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2D shape, Design, Appropriate, Geometric, Instruction

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Hourigan, M.; Leavy, A. (2015) 'What’s a real 2D shape? Designing appropriate geometric instruction.' Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom 20(1), pp. 24-29. ISSN: 1326-0286.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10395/2412

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STEM Education (Non-peer reviewed publications)