Die invloed van 'n metode van geleide ontdekking, waarby die geskiedenis van wiskunde integreer word, op die houding van St. 9-leerlinge teenoor meetkunde.
Date
1991
Authors
Cronje, Lefina Susanna
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Abstract
There is widespread concern over some of the problems
encountered in the teaching of Euclidean Geometry in
secondary schools and also over the fairly negative
attitudes experienced by pupils towards Geometry.
This piece of research was designed to improve attitudes
of Std.9 pupils towards Euclidean Geometry by making use of guided discovery and the integration of the history of Mathematics into the teaching method used. The
latter was done in order to humanise the subject and to make it more interesting to pupils who otherwise experience it as very rigid and abstract. Active
participation of pupils in developing the Geometry was
central to the method employed.
The outcome of the research was positive. It showed that
attitudes towards Geometry can be improved if a
deliberate attempt to do so is made. The results of
this research suggest guidelines by which the teaching
of Euclidean Geometry in secondary schools could be improved.
Description
NAVORSINGSVERSLAG voorgele ter gedeeltelike vervuiling van die
vereiste vir die graad MAGISTER IN NATUURWETENSKAPPE
in die FAKULTEIT NATUURWETENSKAPPE
aan die UNIVERSITEIT VAN DIE WITWATERSRAND.
Keywords
Geometry -- Study and teaching., Mathematics -- study and teaching