The Geometric Supposer: What Is It A Case Of?

by Schwartz; Judah L.

• ISBN13: 9780805807202
• ISBN10: 0805807209
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-03-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This volume is a case study of education reform and innovation using technology that examines the issue from a wide variety of perspectives. It brings together the views and experiences of software designers, curriculum writers, teachers and students, researchers and administrators. Thus, it stands in contrast to other analyses of innovation that tend to look through the particular prisms of research, classroom practice, or software design. The Geometric Supposerencourages a belief in a better tomorrow for schools. On its surface, the Geometric Supposerprovides the means for radically altering the way in which geometry is taught and the quality of learning that can be achieved. At a deeper level, however, it suggests a powerful metaphor for improving education that can be played out in many different instructional contexts.

Table of Contents

Introduction the Many Faces Of Educational Innovation	p. vii
Introducing the Reader To the Supposer	p. 1
A Personal View of The Supposer: Reflections On Particularities and Generalities In Educational Reform	p. 3
The Geometric Supposer In The Classroom	p. 17
Problems of Learning	p. 23
Overcoming Visual Obstacles With the Aid of the Supposer	p. 25
Acknowledgments	p. 54
References	p. 54
Generalization in Geometry	p. 57
Acknowledgments	p. 83
References	p. 83
Discovery Courses Are Great In Theory, but . .	p. 85
Problems of Teaching	p. 105
Instructional Implications Of Students' Understandings Of The Differences Between Empirical Verification And Mathematical Proof	p. 107
References	p. 116
Posing Problems: One Aspect Of Bringing Inquiry Into Classrooms	p. 117
Acknowledgments	p. 141
References	p. 141
Teachers' Thinking About Students' Thinking About Geometry: the Effects of New Teaching Tools	p. 143
References	p. 176
Acknowledgments	p. 176
How the Supposer Changed My Life: an Autobiography	p. 179
Problems Of Implementation	p. 191
From Recitation To Construction: Teacher Change with New Technologies	p. 193
References	p. 214
Geometric Supposer Urban Network	p. 217
References	p. 226
What is the Supposer a Case Of?	p. 227
Acknowledgments	p. 240
References	p. 241
Appendix: a Guide to The Geometric Supposer	p. 243
Author Index	p. 249
Subject Index	p. 253
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