Impossible Pictures: When Art Helps Math Education

Year: 2019 Authors: Matteo Torre

Core claim

Impossible pictures can strengthen mathematical understanding by prompting metacognitive reasoning and making geometry, perspective, and algebraic impossibility visible through art.

Topics

impossible figures, metacognitive reasoning, science education, optical illusion

Domains

geometry, algebra, perspective, optical illusion, Op Art, graphic art

Methods

didactic examples, artwork analysis, classroom proposal

Media

drawings, perspective diagrams, watercolours

Source status

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