ABSTRACT

This volume is a case study of education reform and innovation using technology that examines the issue from a wide variety of perspectives. It brings together the views and experiences of software designers, curriculum writers, teachers and students, researchers and administrators. Thus, it stands in contrast to other analyses of innovation that tend to look through the particular prisms of research, classroom practice, or software design.

The Geometric Supposer encourages a belief in a better tomorrow for schools. On its surface, the Geometric Supposer provides the means for radically altering the way in which geometry is taught and the quality of learning that can be achieved. At a deeper level, however, it suggests a powerful metaphor for improving education that can be played out in many different instructional contexts.

part 1|22 pages

Introducing the Reader to the Supposer

chapter 1|13 pages

A Personal View of the Supposer

Reflections on Particularities and Generalities in Educational Reform

part 2|82 pages

Problems of Learning

part 3|85 pages

Problems of Teaching

chapter 7|26 pages

Posing Problems

One Aspect of Bringing Inquiry into Classrooms

chapter 8|35 pages

Teachers' Thinking About Students' Thinking About Geometry

The Effects of New Teaching Tools

chapter 9|11 pages

How the Supposer Changed My Life

An Autobiography

part 4|51 pages

Problems of Implementation

chapter 10|23 pages

From Recitation to Construction

Teachers Change With New Technologies

chapter 12|15 pages

What is the Supposer a Case Of?