Enhancing Geometric Skills with Digital Technology: The Case of Dynamic Geometry

Allen Y L LEUNG*, Anna Baccaglini-Frank, Maria Alessandra Mariotti, Elisa Miragliotta

*Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    The emerging Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) focuses on smart technology, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Education systems must prepare students for a world where digital–physical artifacts prevail. Education 4.0 is an approach that aims to align with the 4IR, where learner critical skills include complex problem-solving and that involves designing new learning progressions and integrating technology skills into school curricula. This chapter addresses such needs, specifically that of designing a learning progression in geometry where geometrical skills are developed within dynamic geometry environments. In particular, we focus on how dynamic geometry (DG) skills can be progressively developed into cognitive learners’ digital skills that harmonize tensions between visual–spatial reasoning and geometrical–theoretic reasoning, through exploring didactical functionalities in different DG problem-based task designs. This approach illustrates a possible prototypical learning progression that makes use of digital curriculum resources (DCRs) to create integrated learners’ digital skills for mathematical reasoning.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHandbook of Digital Resources in Mathematics Education
    EditorsBirgit Pepin, Ghislaine Gueudet, Jeffrey Choppin
    Place of PublicationCham
    PublisherSpringer
    Number of pages30
    EditionLiving
    ISBN (Electronic)9783030950606
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 5 Aug 2023

    Publication series

    NameSpringer International Handbooks of Education
    PublisherSpringer
    ISSN (Print)2197-1951
    ISSN (Electronic)2197-196X

    User-Defined Keywords

    • Didactical functionality
    • Digital resources
    • Dragging
    • Dynamic geometry
    • Geometrical reasoning
    • Spatial reasoning

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