Contextualising space: Using local knowledge to foster students’ Location and Transformation skills

Danielle Harris; Tracy Logan; Tom Lowrie

Contextualising space: Using local knowledge to foster students’ Location and Transformation skills

Danielle Harris, Tracy Logan, Tom Lowrie

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Location and Transformation skills are critical tools for navigating the world and establishing foundational steps for geometric reasoning associated with co-ordinate grids and the Cartesian plane. The contextual nature of using local landmarks to understand students’ mental representation of large-scale space has the potential to enhance these skills. This paper examines a classroom activity that draws on students’ local knowledge when representing their environment. Factors such as geographic distance and isolation, and incorporation of spatial relations are explored. Recommendations are made for educators to incorporate the sophisticated local knowledge when building mathematical understanding.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 43rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Editors	Yew Hoong Leong, Berinderjeet Kaur, Ban Heng Choy, Joseph Boon Wooi Yeo, Sze Looi Chin
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Pages	227-234
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9781920846329
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	43rd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia 2021: Excellence in Mathematics Education: Foundations & Pathways - Singapore, Nanyang, Singapore Duration: 5 Jul 2021 → 8 Jul 2021 Conference number: MERGA43 http://www.merga.net.au

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Conference	43rd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia 2021
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Nanyang
Period	5/07/21 → 8/07/21
Internet address	http://www.merga.net.au

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Harris, D., Logan, T., & Lowrie, T. (2021). Contextualising space: Using local knowledge to foster students’ Location and Transformation skills. In Y. H. Leong, B. Kaur, B. H. Choy, J. B. W. Yeo, & S. L. Chin (Eds.), Proceedings of the 43rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 227-234). Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. https://www.merga.net.au/common/Uploaded%20files/Annual%20Conference%20Proceedings/2021%20Annual%20Conference%20Proceedings/4_RP_14_Harris_Logan_complete.pdf

Harris, Danielle ; Logan, Tracy ; Lowrie, Tom. / Contextualising space: Using local knowledge to foster students’ Location and Transformation skills. Proceedings of the 43rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. editor / Yew Hoong Leong ; Berinderjeet Kaur ; Ban Heng Choy ; Joseph Boon Wooi Yeo ; Sze Looi Chin. Singapore : Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2021. pp. 227-234

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Harris, D, Logan, T & Lowrie, T 2021, Contextualising space: Using local knowledge to foster students’ Location and Transformation skills. in YH Leong, B Kaur, BH Choy, JBW Yeo & SL Chin (eds), Proceedings of the 43rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Singapore, pp. 227-234, 43rd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia 2021, Nanyang, Singapore, 5/07/21. <https://www.merga.net.au/common/Uploaded%20files/Annual%20Conference%20Proceedings/2021%20Annual%20Conference%20Proceedings/4_RP_14_Harris_Logan_complete.pdf>

Contextualising space: Using local knowledge to foster students’ Location and Transformation skills. / Harris, Danielle; Logan, Tracy ; Lowrie, Tom.
Proceedings of the 43rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. ed. / Yew Hoong Leong; Berinderjeet Kaur; Ban Heng Choy; Joseph Boon Wooi Yeo; Sze Looi Chin. Singapore: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2021. p. 227-234.

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Harris D, Logan T , Lowrie T. Contextualising space: Using local knowledge to foster students’ Location and Transformation skills. In Leong YH, Kaur B, Choy BH, Yeo JBW, Chin SL, editors, Proceedings of the 43rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Singapore: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 2021. p. 227-234

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