Employing Van Hiele model based activities to develop geometrical comprehension and attitude towards geometry among preparatory school students

Document Type : Original Article

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TANTA UNIVERSITY - FACULTY OF EDUCATION

Abstract

            The current research problem was f the weakness of the geometrical comprehension and attitude towards geometry between second grade students at preparatory school.
The research sample consisted of students of two classes (n = 92) from a government preparatory school boys: the experimental group (class 2/3, n = 44) and control group (class 2/5, n = 48), and use the experimental design of the type “Pretest-posttest Control Group design”.
The results indicate that: effectiveness of Van Hiele model based activities to develop geometrical comprehension; not proving effective of Van Hiele model based activities to improve attitude towards geometry; and there was not a relationship between: geometrical thinking levels; achievement of geometry; and attitude towards geometry. The research introduced recommendations to increase awareness towards employing levels of geometrical thinking in geometry education and suggested that future studies related to develop geometrical thinking levels at all education levels.
 
 

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