INVESTIGATING 6TH GRADE STUDENTS' BELIEFS ABOUT INFINITY

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Published: Jul 13, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/enedim.14180
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mathematical infinity primary education students’ beliefs
Αγγελική Τσαμπουράκη (Aggeliki Tsampouraki)
12ο Δημοτικό Σχολείο Κορίνθου
Σόνια Καφούση (Sonia Kafousi)
ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ
Abstract
This paper presents survey data as held with the participation of students of sixth grade of primary school on the mathematical concept of infinite, which are not been addressed during the course of mathematics, accordance with the curricula. The purpose of this research was to investigate and record their belief, as submitted by conscious or subconscious rules, ideas, knowledge, representations and interpretations in direct or indirect relation with the purely mathematical experience. The results showed that infinity conceived by the students of this age in various ways in different contexts.
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