Follow-Up of Workshop

Dear Colleagues

Thank you for your participation in the 2 sessions.

We look forward to hear from you on your attempt to apply the Intuitive Experimental Approach in class.

We welcome you to share with us your thoughts, your experience, etc... just click at "COMMENTS" to continue...

Warmest regards.

Pre-session : Why teach geometry?

Why should geometry be taught?

Pre-session: My Expectations

What are your expectations from this workshop?

Session 1: Outline of the session

At the end of the workshop, participants will learn
* the GSP skills related to teaching of geometry, and
* about the intuitive-experimental approach for teaching of geometry.

Objective of the workshop

To equip teachers with knowledge and skills so that they are able to
* facilitate the learning of geometry using GSP; and
* understand the use of learning tasks for geometry

Familiarity with GSP

Have you used GSP before? Please elaborate. (e.g. using templates, create templates, create animations,...)
Select a level that describes you (novice, beginner, intermediate, expert...)

Session 1: Reflection

- Your views on the learning task...
- Your takeaway for today's session...
- Ask a question...

Some Useful Websites

Some useful & interesting websites for Geometry & GSP

• 101 Project Ideas for GSP
• Getting Started With Geometer’s Sketchpad – Drawing, Constructing and Moving Objects
• Investigations
• Sketchpad Resources at the Math Forum
• Investigations of Triangle Centers
• GSP Calculus Activities Files
• Conjectures in Geometry
• Geometry Investigations by Students
• A Slice of Pi
• PBS Teacher Source
• Manufacturing Is Cool
• Womenfolk: Of Creativity, Inspiration and Quilting
• Discover Engineering Online

Others:

• MOE Homepage (Internet /Intranet)
• CPDD: Maths Unit
• edu.MALL

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Contact

For enquiries, we can be contacted at:

• Gayatri (Ms): gayatri_balakrishnan@moe.gov.sg
• Loh Kwai Yin (Ms): loh_kwai_yin@moe.gov.sg