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|content=This is an Open University web tutorial with exercises to explore and explain 'visualisation'. Imagery is a powerful force for perception and understanding. Being able to see something mentally is a common metaphor for understanding it. Visualising means summoning up a mental image of something. Some people can close their eyes and “see” a picture, but for others it has much more to do with imagining, than seeing. Try to picture a cube, the seven-times table, a graph of sin x. Now describe what you “see”... | |||
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*Learning outcomes | * Learning outcomes | ||
* | * Visualisation - a powerful force for perception and understanding | ||
* | * Starters - visualisation exercises | ||
* | * What does visualisation mean? | ||
* | * In the classroom | ||
* | * Conclusion - Next steps - References - Acknowledgements | ||
|tagline=Visualise that. Thinking about visualisation - being able to see something mentally - in education. | |||
|tagline=Visualise that | |||
|Learning Objectives=The learning outcomes for this unit are to: | |Learning Objectives=The learning outcomes for this unit are to: | ||
* engage in a number of activities that involve visualisation and learn from your own experiences what it means; | * engage in a number of activities that involve visualisation and learn from your own experiences what it means; | ||
* learn the views of a well-known mathematics educator talking about visualisation and | * learn the views of a well-known mathematics educator talking about visualisation and to compare your views with those of other secondary-school mathematics teachers; | ||
* learn | * learn ways that visualising could be incorporated into your classroom and consider resources that might be useful. | ||
|additional resources= | |additional resources= | ||
|useful information= | |useful information= | ||
|related resources= | |related resources= | ||
|other= | |other= | ||
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|resources=http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2524 | |resources=Follow the link to a study unit with exercises as PDF documents | ||
* http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2524 (Part of the Teach and Learn series from the Open University) | |||
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[[Category:Primary]][[Category:Secondary]][[Category:Teacher Education]] [[Category:Maths]][[Category:External Resource]] | [[Category:Primary]][[Category:Secondary]][[Category:Teacher Education]] [[Category:Maths]][[Category:External Resource]] | ||
