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Geometric shapes surround us all in every-day life. Both inside and outside the classroom, and at home, there are great explorative and practical opportunities for students to develop their learning in this area by identifying, describing, creating and questioning shapes.
Geometric shapes surround us all in every-day life. Both inside and outside the classroom, and at home, there are great explorative and practical opportunities for students to develop their learning in this area by identifying, describing, creating and questioning shapes.
Children can often name geometric shapes but struggle with the geometric properties of those shapes (Kloosterman et al. 2004). Properties include sides, vertices (corners), symmetry, angles etc.
How do kids learn?
How do kids learn?
A sequential learning progression through properties of shape in the early primary years is essential to facilitate further geometric and other mathematical development in later schooling.
The learning progression can be broken up into four phases: Emerging, Developing, Broadening and Extending. As children progress through these phases, their understanding becomes more complex and the begin to see how geometry plays a meaningful part in their lives.
Links to 21st Century Learning
Links to 21st Century Learning
As primary school aged learners today, children need to be prepared to enter a world as adults in 2030 and beyond. As the world continues to modernise in education, industry and cultural norms, students will inevitably need to be equipped with the following skills to succeed:
Creativity
Creativity
Facilitating imaginative thinking to develop innovation and new ideas.
Communication
Communication
Questioning, and expressing ideas using a range of communication strategies including, written, verbal, visual and digital
Collaboration
Collaboration
Encouraging learning through social interactions. Collective thinking skills are developed through working in groups.
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Learning strategies are focused on developing a deep understanding through developing problem solving skills and investigative or hands on learning experiences.
Learning at Home
Learning at Home
The resources provided on this website are examples of how teachers engage students in geometric learning experiences specifically targeted at their level of skill and knowledge, from Foundation to level 3. In connection with these resources, this website provides tip sheets which will assist parents and carers to support the learning of students from home and environments outside of school with relevance to students current learning at school.
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