Title :
Motivation of students for geometry
Author :
Ferdianova, Vera ; Zacek, Martin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math., Univ. of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Abstract :
The article focuses on motivating examples in the area of geometry, particularly on circumscribed and inscribed circles of a triangle. This area is taught in the 7th class in primary school where geometry belongs to one of the less favourite themes with students in primary education, in general. Aim of this article is the motivation of students using interesting examples demonstrating their relation to everyday applications.
Keywords :
educational institutions; geometry; human factors; geometry; motivation; primary education; primary school; triangle; Computers; Educational institutions; Geometry; Marine vehicles; Software; GeoGebra; circumcircle of a triangle; circumscribed circle; mathematics; motivation; software;
Conference_Titel :
e-Learning and e-Technologies in Education (ICEEE), 2013 Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lodz
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5093-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICeLeTE.2013.6644350
