CT + Geometry

WHAT

  • A research project aimed at studying the use of dynamic geometry software as a spatial programming language at the primary school level.

WHO

Collaborators

  • Victoria Guyevskey
  • Sandy Bakos
  • Mathieu Thibault

WHERE

See http://www.sfu.ca/geometry4yl/websketchpad.html

OUTCOMES

  • Two month classroom intervention with grade 2/3 students, experimenting with CT activities centrally involving geometry, spatial reasoning and the use of dynamic geometry software.

DISSEMINATION

  • Sinclair, N. and Patterson, M. (to appear). The dynamic geometrisation of computer programming. Mathematics Thinking and Learning.

NEXT STEPS

  • Preparing two PME papers based on the work conducted in the grade 2/3 classroom, which focused on constructing shapes and on looping.
  • Preparation for classroom experimentation next year, which will be in a grade 5 classroom.