Perceptivist mathematics education
department or school: Education, Faculty of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Copeland, Brian Dwight
issued: 2010-09-04T00:24:03Z
issued: 1989
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The aim of this paper is to outline and apply a perceptivist philosophy of education and a constructivitist theory of knowledge acquisition to a problem in secondary mathematics education. A working summary of perceptivism and constructivism is provided and a program and lesson materials are discussed within the context of perceptivist-constructivist ideas. The main thesis of this paper is that the way to translate perceptivist-constructivist ideas into practice in mathematics is to emphasize activities that lead to actual perceptions. The traditional problem with this is that often the computational abilities needed to deal with reality are too much for most students to deal with. The information age innovation that makes a utilitarian mathematics education more possible now, where it was not possible previously, is the development of the personal computer. The computer can act as an information processing "step up transformer" to boost students past computation to real, perceptual mathematics. The practical part of the paper consists of lessons aimed at a partial realization of perceptivism-constructivism in the classroom. The lessons concern concepts and skills from the traditional secondary mathematics curriculum areas; arithmetic, algebra, elementary function theory and calculus. The paper concludes with a report on field tests of the materials in the secondary classrooms of the author.
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note: P E R C E P T I V I S T MATHEMATICS EDUCATION BY BRIAN DWIGHT COPELAND B.Ed, M.A., The U n i v e r s i t y o f B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a , 1982, 1 9 8 5 . THESIS SUBMITTED I N P A R T I A L FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS. I N THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION) We a c c e p t t h i s t h e s i s a s c o n f o r m i n g t o t h e r e q u i r e d s t a n d a r d s THE UNIVERSITY OF B R I T I S H COLUMBIA A u g u s t 198 9 © B r i a n D w i g h t C o p e l a n d , 1989 In presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the head of my department or by his or her representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. Department of M a t h e m a t i c s E d u c a t i o n The University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Date O c t o b e r 2 , 1 9 8 9 DE-6 (2/88) i i ABSTRACT The a i m o f t h i s p a p e r i s t o o u t l i n e a n d a p p l y a p e r c e p t i v i s t p h i l o s o p h y o f e d u c a t i o n a n d a c o n s t r u c t i v i t i s t t h e o r y o f k n o w l e d g e a c q u i s i t i o n t o a p r o b l e m i n s e c o n d a r y m a t h e m a t i c s e d u c a t i o n . A w o r k i n g summary o f p e r c e p t i v i s m a n d c o n s t r u c t i v i s m i s p r o v i d e d a n d a p r o g r a m a n d l e s s o n m a t e r i a l s a r e d i s c u s s e d w i t h i n t h e c o n t e x t o f p e r c e p t i v i s t - c o n s t r u c t i v i s t i d e a s . The m a i n t h e s i s o f t h i s p a p e r i s t h a t t h e way t o t r a n s l a t e p e r c e p t i v i s t - c o n s t r u c t i v i s t i d e a s i n t o p r a c t i c e i n m a …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0054861
language: eng
degree discipline: Education
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28203