Pedagogy Corner: The Architect's Puzzle

Autor/in	Lovitt, Charles
Titel	Pedagogy Corner: The Architect's Puzzle
Quelle	In: Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 22 (2017) 2, S.12-13 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0286
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Puzzles; Spatial Ability; Problem Solving; Manipulative Materials; Teaching Methods; Mathematical Models; Cooperative Learning; Geometric Concepts; Relevance (Education); Architecture; Advertising; Story Telling; Individualized Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Legespiel; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Problemlösen; Hilfsmittel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Kooperatives Lernen; Elementare Geometrie; Relevance; Relevanz; Architektur; Werbung; Individualisierender Unterricht
Abstract	Some years back, the author found the following problem in a spatial puzzle book: how many ways can you put four blocks together, face to face (with no vertical rotation symmetry)? He gave each student just four blocks and they collectively tried combinations to eventually agree on the answer of 15. He used to think it was a halfway decent task, being visual, concrete and encouraging problem solving. He doesn't think that anymore. Unbeknown to him at the time, other teachers had been developing much the same task but had made it much richer through deliberate pedagogical tweaks. Some of these are: (1) adding a story context; (2) modelling the context with concrete materials and promoting group work; (3) an explicit teaching segment representing 3D shapes on 2D isometric paper; (4) making connections to number (money) and measurement through costing the houses; (5) differentiation; and (6) designing an advertising poster. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01