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Making squares: children's responses to a tangram task

Nic Mhuirí, Siún orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-5008-5573 and Kelly, Denis (2021) Making squares: children's responses to a tangram task. In: Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8), 15-16 Oct 2021, Dublin, Ireland (Online).

Abstract
This paper reports on children’s responses to a tangram task. The task was designed, based on the draft specification of the primary mathematics curriculum, to facilitate children’s exploration of shape properties and their engagement in mental and physical transformations of tangram pieces. The task was enacted with three cohorts of children from first and second class. Analysis shows some children’s concept images of squares to be limited and their thinking dominated by prototypical geometric images. This research is pertinent in the context of the proposed changes to the Shape and Space strand of the primary curriculum.
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Additional Information:Full proceedings available at: https://sites.google.com/dcu.ie/meiconference/mei-8/proceedings
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Teaching
Mathematics
Mathematics > Geometry
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of STEM Education, Innovation, & Global Studies
Research Initiatives and Centres > Center for the Advancement of Science Teaching and Learning (CASTeL)
Published in: Kingston, Mary and Grimes, Paul, (eds.) Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8). . Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI).
Publisher:Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI)
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5602049.
Copyright Information:2021 The Authors. Open Access (CC-BY 4.0)
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland
ID Code:27114
Deposited On:11 May 2022 11:14 by Siun Nic Mhuiri . Last Modified 11 May 2022 11:14
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