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Philip Collett, Catherina Steyn

Bridges

2017

Promoting interest and engagement in mathematics among learners in early high school grades is challenging in the South African educational scenario which is typified by traditional pedagogies, desolate classrooms, a lack of interesting resources and something of a rote learning culture. To enhance the attractiveness and the cultural congruence of learning materials for early high school grades we have used GeoGebra to design a set of virtual manipulatives, which incorporate Southern African indigenous art designs, for promoting concept formation in geometry. We explain the underlying pedagogy of the development and show an example. Plans for incorporating the material into existing programs and for researching the learning outcomes are also presented.