- Title
- An investigation of the link between the typical geometry errors and the Van Hiele levels of geometric thought of grade 9 learners
- Creator
- Steyn, Catherina
- Subject
- Van Hiele Model Geometry -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
- Subject
- Error analysis (Mathematics)
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MEdu
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12152
- Identifier
- vital:27037
- Description
- South African learners perform poorly in the geometry sections of both national and international assessments. Numerous assessment reports mention multiple errors that keep re-occurring and play a big role in the learners’ poor performance. For this research, the link between the grade 9 learners Van Hiele levels of thought and the typical errors that they made were investigated. In this mixed method study, 194 grade 9 learners in two schools in Port Elizabeth, South Africa were tested using a Van Hiele based test. A test was set up containing multiple-choice and open-ended questions and was used to determine firstly, the predominant level of geometric reasoning of the learners and secondly, to determine their typical errors. Semi-structured interviews were held with six learners to gain more insight into some of the typical errors uncovered in the tests. The quantitative data revealed that the learners’ predominant levels of geometric thought were low. Furthermore, the qualitative data revealed typical error patterns concerning angles and sides, parallel lines, hierarchy of quadrilaterals and incorrect reasons in the proofs. The quantitative and qualitative data was merged to determine if the errors could be linked to the Van Hiele levels. From the findings, it was concluded that most of their typical errors could be linked to the Van Hiele levels of the learners.
- Format
- xvi, 182 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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