The Improvement of Geometric Thinking Levels of Secondary School Students Using Geometry Learning Video based on Van Hiele Theory

Geometric thinking plays an important role in geometric achievement. It is also important in other fields, such as architecture, engineering, film, science, graphics, and arts. However, in Indonesian education curriculum, teaching and learning geometry does not emphasise the geometric thinking skills. Several studies revealed that Indonesian students could not come out from the lowered zone of the International exam, such as Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which caused by van Hiele levels of geometric thinking. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the van Hiele levels of geometric thinking among secondary school students in Makassar, Indonesia. A total of 298 respondents randomly took part in this study. The van Hiele geometric thinking test was used to assess the student's level of geometric thinking. Data were in ordinal form analysed according to the weighted van Hiele geometric thinking test scores presented in the table. The findings showed that most of the students were at the lowest level of geometric thinking. Several 123 and 93 respondents were at Level 0 (Visualisation) and Level 1 (Analysis), respectively. Meanwhile, 70 respondents were lower Level 0 and only a few respondents were in the upper Level 1. The result might be used as a fundamental source to produce a learning strategy in elevating van Hiele levels of geometric thinking.

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Van Hiele Levels and Achievement in Writing Geometry Proofs

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education ◽

10.5951/jresematheduc.20.3.0309 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 309-321 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sharon L. Senk

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Writing Achievement ◽

School Students ◽

Van Hiele ◽

Proof Writing ◽

Van Hiele Levels ◽

Standard Geometry ◽

Van Hiele Model ◽

Level Of Thinking

This study investigated relations between van Hiele levels, achievement in writing geometry proofs, and achievement in standard geometry content. Two hundred forty-one secondary school students who were enrolled in full-year geometry classes were tested in the fall for van Hiele level of thinking and entering knowledge of geometry, and in the spring for van Hiele level, standardized geometry achievement, and proof-writing achievement. Proof-writing achievement correlated significantly, .5 with fall van Hiele level, .6 with spring van Hiele level and with entering knowledge of geometry, and .7 with standardized geometry achievement in the spring. Proof-writing achievement also varied significantly with van Hiele level when either entering knowledge of geometry or geometry achievement in the spring was used as a covariate. The predictive validity of the van Hiele model was supported. However, the hypothesis that only students at Levels 4 or 5 can write proofs was not supported.

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The Effectiveness of Infusion of Metacognition in van Hiele Model on Secondary School Students’ Geometry Thinking Level

International Journal of Instruction ◽

10.29333/iji.2021.14331a ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 535-546

Author(s):

Muhammad Ammar Naufal ◽

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Abdul Halim Abdullah ◽

Sharifah Osman ◽

Mohd Salleh Abu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Van Hiele ◽

Van Hiele Model

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Effects of VH-iSTEM Learning Strategy on Basic Secondary School Students' Degree of Acquisition of van Hiele Levels of Thinking in Sokoto State, Nigeria

Universal Journal of Educational Research ◽

10.13189/ujer.2020.080948 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. 4213-4223

Author(s):

Muhammad Nasiru Hassan ◽

Abdul Halim Abdullah ◽

Norulhuda Ismail

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Learning Strategy ◽

School Students ◽

Van Hiele ◽

Van Hiele Levels

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Evaluation of a Summer-School Program for Highly Gifted Secondary-School Students: The German Pupils Academy

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027//1015-5759.18.3.214 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 214-228 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Heinz Neber ◽

Kurt A. Heller

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Summer School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Social Cognitive ◽

Gifted Students ◽

School Program ◽

School Students ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Regulatory Strategies ◽

Cognitive Framework

Summary The German Pupils Academy (Deutsche Schüler-Akademie) is a summer-school program for highly gifted secondary-school students. Three types of program evaluation were conducted. Input evaluation confirmed the participants as intellectually highly gifted students who are intrinsically motivated and interested to attend the courses offered at the summer school. Process evaluation focused on the courses attended by the participants as the most important component of the program. Accordingly, the instructional approaches meet the needs of highly gifted students for self-regulated and discovery oriented learning. The product or impact evaluation was based on a multivariate social-cognitive framework. The findings indicate that the program contributes to promoting motivational and cognitive prerequisites for transforming giftedness into excellent performances. To some extent, the positive effects on students' self-efficacy and self-regulatory strategies are due to qualities of the learning environments established by the courses.

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Ethnolinguistic Identity and Television Use in a Minority Language Setting

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000071 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 135-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jake Harwood ◽

Laszlo Vincze

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Minority Language ◽

German Language ◽

Tv Viewing ◽

School Students ◽

Ethnolinguistic Vitality ◽

Ethnolinguistic Identity ◽

Television Use

Based on the model of Reid, Giles and Abrams (2004 , Zeitschrift für Medienpsychologie, 16, 17–25), this paper describes and analyzes the relation between television use and ethnolinguistic-coping strategies among German speakers in South Tyrol, Italy. The data were collected among secondary school students (N = 415) in 2011. The results indicated that the television use of the students was dominated by the German language. A mediation analysis revealed that TV viewing contributed to the perception of ethnolinguistic vitality, the permeability of intergroup boundaries, and status stability, which in turn affected ethnolinguistic-coping strategies of mobility (moving toward the outgroup), creativity (maintaining identity without confrontation), and competition (fighting for ingroup rights and respect). Findings and theoretical implications are discussed.

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Smart Girls, Dumb Boys!?

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000167 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 112-126 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Martin Latsch ◽

Bettina Hannover

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Stereotype Threat ◽

Gender Stereotypes ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Learning Goals ◽

School Students ◽

Compensatory Strategies ◽

Media Portrayal ◽

Stereotype Lift ◽

The Media

We investigated effects of the media’s portrayal of boys as “scholastic failures” on secondary school students. The negative portrayal induced stereotype threat (boys underperformed in reading), stereotype reactance (boys displayed stronger learning goals towards mathematics but not reading), and stereotype lift (girls performed better in reading but not in mathematics). Apparently, boys were motivated to disconfirm their group’s negative depiction, however, while they could successfully apply compensatory strategies when describing their learning goals, this motivation did not enable them to perform better. Overall the media portrayal thus contributes to the maintenance of gender stereotypes, by impairing boys’ and strengthening girls’ performance in female connoted domains and by prompting boys to align their learning goals to the gender connotation of the domain.

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