Exploration of patterns in different contexts

International audience As part of a research project focusing on investigative approaches to mathematics, a teacher in a Sámi school created an interdisciplinary teaching unit about patterns: skiing- mathematics- Sámi language. The 1–2 grade students painted their own patterns and they created patte...

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Main Authors: Fyhn, Anne Birgitte, Hansen, Lisbet
Other Authors: The Arctic University of Norway Tromsø, Norway (UiT), Unjárgga oahppogáldu/Nesseby oppvekstsenter/ Unjárgga center of education, Utrecht University, Uffe Thomas Jankvist, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Michiel Veldhuis
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2019
Subjects:
Pattern
hearva
language
Sámi upbringing
skiing
[MATH]Mathematics [math]
[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education
Sámi
Online Access:https://hal.science/hal-02435305
https://hal.science/hal-02435305/document
https://hal.science/hal-02435305/file/TWG09_13.pdf
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Summary:International audience As part of a research project focusing on investigative approaches to mathematics, a teacher in a Sámi school created an interdisciplinary teaching unit about patterns: skiing- mathematics- Sámi language. The 1–2 grade students painted their own patterns and they created patterns using their skis and poles in the snow. The analysis shows that the students developed their rules for what constitutes a pattern when the context changed from classroom work to skis on snow. One more aspect of pattern is focused: Sámi languages do not use any overarching term for pattern. At least three words are needed to cover the meaning of pattern in the mathematics curriculum.

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