2016
DOI: 10.1590/1980-4415v30n54a07
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Transitioning from “It Looks Like” to “It Has To Be” in Geometrical Workspaces: affect and near-to-me attention

Abstract: Within a practitioner researcher framework, this paper draws on a particular mathematics education theory and aspects of neuroscience to show that, from a learner's perspective, moving to a deductive reasoning style appropriate to basic Euclidean geometry, can be facilitated, or impeded, by emotion and/or directed attention. This shows that the issue of a person's deductive reasoning is not a merely cognitive one, but can involve affective aspects related to perception -particularly perception of nearby sense … Show more

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