Engaging Pre-service Mathematics Teachers in Creating Spatially-based Problems in a 3D Virtual Environment: A CAVE2TM Experience

Margaret Marshman; Geoff Woolcott; Shelley Dole

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Engaging Pre-service Mathematics Teachers in Creating Spatially-based Problems in a 3D Virtual Environment: A CAVE2TM Experience

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Engaging Pre-service Mathematics Teachers in Creating Spatially-based Problems in a 3D Virtual Environment: A CAVE2TM Experience

Margaret Marshman, Geoff Woolcott and Shelley Dole

Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.365-372

Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 40th (Melbourne, Australia, 02-Jul-2017–06-Jul-2017)

Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)

2017

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Specialist Studies in Education

The use of multiuser virtual environments for educational purposes is in its infancy but offers potential for exploration of spatial contexts that could not otherwise be experienced. We report on pre-service teachers' experiences in designing learning activities as a result of immersion in the CAVE2TM, a 320-degree, cylindrical 3D virtual environment. Observation of student actions and analysis of student-developed artefacts indicated that 3D and 2D interference impacted the design of immersive learning experiences. We hypothesise that pre-service teachers' capacity to recognise and seize the potential of the CAVE2TM for promoting spatial reasoning is predicated on their own spatial reasoning capabilities.

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Title: Engaging Pre-service Mathematics Teachers in Creating Spatially-based Problems in a 3D Virtual Environment: A CAVE2TM Experience
Authors: Margaret Marshman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Geoff Woolcott (Author) - Southern Cross University
Shelley Dole (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Contributors: A Downton (Editor)
S Livy (Editor)
J Hall (Editor)
Publication details: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.365-372
Conference details: Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 40th (Melbourne, Australia, 02-Jul-2017–06-Jul-2017)
Publisher: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Date published: 2017
Copyright note: 2017 Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc Reproduced here with the permission in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy.
Organisation Unit: School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450638502621
Output Type: Conference paper

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