Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association
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Educational Research & Development Journal
Vol 16, No 1 (2013)
Prospective Teachers� Learning in Geometry: Changes in Discourse and Thinking |
| Sasha Wang |
Abstract |
| This study investigates changes in prospective teachers� levels of geometric thinking and the development of their geometric discourses in the classification of quadrilaterals. To examine prospective teachers� thinking about geometry, this study connects Sfard�s discursive framework to another, namely the van Hiele theory. Findings of the study reveal discursive similarities and differences in participants� geometric discourses within the same van Hiele level, as well as changes in geometric discourse as a result of changes in levels of geometric thinking. The study also investigates the usefulness of a discursive framework in providing rich descriptions of prospective teachers� thinking processes. |
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ISSN: 1526-8659