Using African Designs in Virtual Manipulatives for Geometrical Concept Development

Year: 2017 Authors: Philip Collett; Catherina Steyn

Core claim

Culturally familiar African design-based manipulatives can strengthen motivation and understanding of geometry, especially space and shape concepts.

Topics

geometry education, virtual manipulatives, ethnomathematics, tessellations, GeoGebra

Domains

geometry, space and shape, transformations, tessellations, Southern African indigenous art, Ndebele patterns, craft and beadwork, architectural decoration

Methods

GeoGebra applet design, rigid polygon puzzles, pilot testing, techno-blended learning

Media

GeoGebra, virtual manipulatives, TouchTutor™, PDFs, video

Source status

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