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The Role of Origami-Assisted Problem Posing Activities in the Geometric Modelling of Identities

Received: 26 December 2014     Accepted: 8 January 2015     Published: 20 January 2015
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The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which origami-assisted problem posing activities affected the ability of elementary school teacher candidates to geometrically model the basic identities (a+b)2, (a-b)2, and (a+b)(a-b), as well as the effect of these activities on geometric modelling. The study group consisted of 55 fourth-year teacher candidates attending a Turkish public university during the 2012-2013 academic year. The study was performed using a qualitative study model. For the qualitative data analysis, this study made use of the descriptive analysis method. Based on the study results, it was observed that instead of using representative modelling during the geometric modelling of identities, elementary school mathematics teacher candidates tended to focus on conceptual knowledge regarding the Harezmi identities, and that they performed geometric modelling based on this knowledge.

Published in Education Journal (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.edu.20150401.11
Page(s) 1-4
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Keywords

Origami in Mathematics Education, Geometric Modelling, Identities

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