OBLIK I PROSTOR U RANOM UČENJU MATEMATIKE
SHAPE AND SPACE IN THE EARLY TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS

Summary/Abstract: The paper provides an overview of theories and papers relevant to the reflection on the teaching of shape and space, especially early teaching. It thereby points to new possibilities that may change the landscape of geometry education. The goal is a more modern, higher-quality curriculum and higher-quality teaching of shape and space, with better student achievements and less anxiety caused in students. These include: research into the understanding of shape and space and its relationship to school mathematics in general and school geometry in particular, the importance of transformational geometry in the curriculum including symmetry and other isometries, the function of drawing, modeling, games, describing in construction of geometrical knowledge, the role of digital technologies and the ability to expand elementary school geometry from its typical vocabulary emphasis to work on composing, decomposing, sorting, comparing, and mentally managing two-dimensional and three-dimensional figures. The change of approach in teaching geometry is compatible with the emphasis on the constructivist approach in teaching and creating curricula

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