DocumentCode
1873590
Title
Motivation of students for geometry
Author
Ferdianova, Vera ; Zacek, Martin
Author_Institution
Dept. of Math., Univ. of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
fYear
2013
fDate
23-25 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
70
Lastpage
73
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICeLeTE.2013.6644350
Filename
6644350
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