Geometry for Computer Graphics in K-12 Education

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Author(s): Armando Paulino Preciado Babb (University of Calgary, Canada)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 24
Source title: Handbook of Research on Integrating Computer Science and Computational Thinking in K-12 Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jared Keengwe (University of North Dakota, USA)and Patrick Wachira (Cleveland State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1479-5.ch004

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / K-12 Education

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Computing education and computational thinking have gained increasing attention in education both as means to support the learning of other subjects, such as mathematics, science, and humanities, and as outcomes by themselves. This chapter proposes a focus on teacher knowledge of geometry for computer graphics used for virtual image manipulation and coding in the context of an online graduate course for teachers. Teachers were required to design tasks for their classrooms that incorporated the content of the course and to participate in an online discussion forum. These tasks, along with the discussion entries, are analyzed, and suggestions are provided for how to incorporate relevant geometrical content used in computer graphics. Teacher challenges to learn and incorporate this content in the classroom are addressed, along with recommendations for teacher education. The findings of this study are discussed in terms of teachers' knowledge for teaching geometry for computer graphics.

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