PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2014
Denver, Colorado
Preservice Teachers’ Uses of the Internet to Investigate the Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem and its Converse
Page: 407
Learners of mathematics, including preservice teachers, often explore online resources when investigating mathematical problems. When asked to search online for resources that would help them be able to better explain a proof of the Pythagorean theorem and its converse, preservice teachers used a variety of different searching strategies to locate information. Further, the ways in which this information was incorporated into their understanding of mathematics became evident through concept maps. This proposal describes the study conducted and initial results from the data and asks the reader to consider possible ways this research might be extended and refined.