A Laboratory for Learning and Teaching 3D Geometry.
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| Title: | A Laboratory for Learning and Teaching 3D Geometry. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Hidaka, Kazuyoshi |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 1994 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Descriptors: | Computer Simulation, Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Drafting, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Materials, Measurement Equipment, Microworlds, Secondary Education, Three Dimensional Aids |
| Geographic Terms: | Japan |
| Abstract: | A software tool called 3D-LAB has been developed for learning and teaching three-dimensional geometry. With this microworld, educators and students can display three dimensional solid objects, rotate them, modify them, open them up, draw points and segments, and measure lengths, areas, volumes, and angles. The major characteristics of this tool are the interactivity of the manipulations and the variability of the objects. Two conflicting aims--ease of manipulation and variety of manipulable solids--are realized by a combined method of loading solids first and modifying them next. Both quantitative and qualitative observations can be made using 3D-LAB. Reproductions of computer screens illustrate the discussion. (Author/BEW) |
| Notes: | In: Recreating the Revolution. Proceedings of the Annual National Educational Computing Conference (15th, Boston, Massachusetts, June 13-15, 1994); see IR 017 841. |
| Journal Code: | RIENOV1996 |
| Entry Date: | 1996 |
| Accession Number: | ED396674 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | A software tool called 3D-LAB has been developed for learning and teaching three-dimensional geometry. With this microworld, educators and students can display three dimensional solid objects, rotate them, modify them, open them up, draw points and segments, and measure lengths, areas, volumes, and angles. The major characteristics of this tool are the interactivity of the manipulations and the variability of the objects. Two conflicting aims--ease of manipulation and variety of manipulable solids--are realized by a combined method of loading solids first and modifying them next. Both quantitative and qualitative observations can be made using 3D-LAB. Reproductions of computer screens illustrate the discussion. (Author/BEW) |
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