Misconceptions about the Relationship between Perimeter and Area

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11410/19:10398353

Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Misconceptions about the Relationship between Perimeter and Area

Original language description

The paper describes partial results of a research conducted in primary schools with 1011 year old children. The research focused on the issue of the relationship between perimeter and area. The main goal is to study the presence of a misconception documented by a number of researches and named “same A, same B”, that is, in our case, “same area, same perimeter”. Thinking about the relationship between area and perimeter of 2D geometrical shapes and the need to articulate the thoughts gives pupils the opportunity to grasp these two concepts deeper. The results show how pupils understand the geometrical concepts of area and perimeter, which are part of the topic ‘Geometry and measurement’, which is one of the key fields of school mathematics. Suggestions on possible improvements of didactical approach to this topic are presented.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Opportunities in Learning and Teaching Elementary Mathematics

ISBN

978-80-7603-069-5

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Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

221-231

Publisher name

Pedagogická fakulta, Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Place of publication

Praha

Event location

Praha

Event date

Jan 1, 2019

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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