Grade 3/4 students' understanding of geometrical objects: Australian case studies on (mis) conceptions of cubes

Ann Downton; Sharyn Livy; Simone Reinhold

Grade 3/4 students' understanding of geometrical objects: Australian case studies on (mis) conceptions of cubes

Ann Downton, Sharyn Livy, Simone Reinhold

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Abstract

Our paper presents early findings from a study that investigated Australian Grade 3 and 4 students’ geometrical conceptual knowledge. This study is part of an international collaboration between Australian and German researchers. It draws on earlier research of Year 3 German students’ cube constructions, errors and misconceptions and the categorization of these. The student data reported in this paper was analysed using a framework for guiding and describing sources of errors and/or misconceptions related to cube constructions. These findings highlight the importance for students to construct three-dimensional objects using a variety of materials.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education
Editors	Uffe Thomas Jankvist, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Michiel Veldhuis
Place of Publication	The Netherlands
Publisher	Utrecht University
Pages	857-864
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9789073346758
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education 2019 - Utretcht, Netherlands Duration: 5 Feb 2019 → 10 Feb 2019 Conference number: 11th

Conference

Conference	Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education 2019
Abbreviated title	CERME 2019
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utretcht
Period	5/02/19 → 10/02/19

Keywords

geometrical concept knowledge
cube constructions
primary students
errors
mathematics
Geometry

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Downton, A., Livy, S., & Reinhold, S. (2019). Grade 3/4 students' understanding of geometrical objects: Australian case studies on (mis) conceptions of cubes. In U. T. Jankvist, M. van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, & M. Veldhuis (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (pp. 857-864). Utrecht University. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/CERME11

Downton, Ann ; Livy, Sharyn ; Reinhold, Simone. / Grade 3/4 students' understanding of geometrical objects : Australian case studies on (mis) conceptions of cubes. Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. editor / Uffe Thomas Jankvist ; Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen ; Michiel Veldhuis. The Netherlands : Utrecht University, 2019. pp. 857-864

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Downton, A , Livy, S & Reinhold, S 2019, Grade 3/4 students' understanding of geometrical objects: Australian case studies on (mis) conceptions of cubes. in UT Jankvist, M van den Heuvel-Panhuizen & M Veldhuis (eds), Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. Utrecht University, The Netherlands, pp. 857-864, Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education 2019, Utretcht, Netherlands, 5/02/19. <https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/CERME11>

Grade 3/4 students' understanding of geometrical objects: Australian case studies on (mis) conceptions of cubes. / Downton, Ann ; Livy, Sharyn; Reinhold, Simone.
Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. ed. / Uffe Thomas Jankvist; Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen; Michiel Veldhuis. The Netherlands: Utrecht University, 2019. p. 857-864.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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