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    Theoretical frameworks for the learning of geometrical reasoning

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    With the growth in interest in geometrical ideas it is important to be clear about the nature of geometrical reasoning and how it develops. This paper provides an overview of three theoretical frameworks for the learning of geometrical reasoning: the van Hiele model of thinking in geometry, Fischbein’s theory of figural concepts, and Duval’s cognitive model of geometrical reasoning. Each of these frameworks provides theoretical resources to support research into the development of geometrical reasoning in students and related aspects of visualisation and construction. This overview concludes that much research about the deep process of the development and the learning of visualisation and reasoning is still needed

    Jersey Homesteads -- A Triple Co-operative

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    Chapter 11, pages 256-276, of Title: "Tomorrow a new world: the New Deal communuity program." Publisher: Ithaca, NY, Published for the American Historical Association (by) Cornell University Press, 1959. Author; Conkin, Paul Keith

    Gallipoli letter from Keith Arthur Murdoch to Andrew Fisher, 1915 [manuscript].

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    Part of Papers of Keith Arthur Murdoch.; In MS 2823 Series 2 Folder 1.; Photocopy enclosed.; Selected in 2015 for inclusion in UNESCO's Memory of the World Australian Register.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms2823-2-1; Selected items exhibited: "Treasures Gallery", National Library of Australia, 16 September 2013 - 2 February 2014. ANL; Exhibited: Treasures Gallery NLA Iteration 10, 24 September 2015 – February 2016. The Gallipoli letter is an 8000 word private report which was written by Keith Arthur Murdoch with the help of a British war correspondent (Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett) after he visited the Gallipoli peninsula in September 1915. It describes the organisation, and conditions of the Gallipoli campaign. It was sent to Andrew Fisher (Australian Prime Minister) and Henry Herbert Asquith (British Prime Minister)

    Keith Ritchie

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    "Keith Ritchie NX106235 14 Hvy. A.A. Bty. (The Oval) 1942 - 43".Keith Ritchie. NX106235. 14th Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery. (The Oval) 1942 - 43

    Inmate Incident Statement from Joseph Keith Price

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    A typed statement from Captain Keith Price outlining an altercation between him and inmate William Ainsworth that occurred on April 18, 1977

    Correspondence from the Covey Leadership Center to Keith Price

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    A typed letter from Keith A Gulledge, Senior Consultant with the Covey Leadership Center, to Keith Price, Warden at Darrington Unit, thanking him for the opportunity to present at a senior management workshop and offering his services and products in the future

    The shaping of student knowledge: learning with dynamic geometry software

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    The focus of this paper is a software genre usually referred to as ‘dynamic geometry’ because of the ability of the user to dynamically manipulate geometrical figures created with the software tool. Using data from a longitudinal study of 12-13 students’ use of dynamic geometry software, the focus of the analysis is on the interpretations the students make of geometrical objects and relationships when using this form of software. The analysis suggests that the students’ mathematical reasoning is shaped by their interactions with the software in that their ability to explain geometrical facts and relationships evolves from imprecise, ‘everyday’ expressions, through reasoning that is overtly mediated by the software environment, to mathematical explanations of the geometric situation that transcend the particular tool being used. Such findings suggest that curriculum initiatives that encourage the use of dynamic geometry software are appropriate but that the incorporation of such software into classroom practices is unlikely to be straightforward

    Art, Biography, Sexuality: Patrick Procktor and Keith Vaughan

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    This critical review forms a reflection on the research published within the following publications: Patrick Procktor: Art and Life (Unicorn Press, 2010) Keith Vaughan: The Mature Oils 1946-1977, (Sansom & Co., 2012) The research is on two artists, Patrick Procktor (1936-2003), and Keith Vaughan (1912-1977). The monograph on Procktor – previously one of the least documented of the generation of artists who came to prominence in London in the Sixties – positions him in a history of art from which he had been notably absent. The research on Vaughan asserts a new reading of his work, one that is both deeper and more nuanced in its analysis of the ways in which personal experience and sexuality are encoded autobiographically within his work. Crucially, in both artists biography and work are symbiotically linked; the research therefore examines the links between life and art. Revisionary in intent, the work examines trajectories of experience of gay British (or rather, English) artists in the twentieth century, artists who sought to express themselves and forge careers within the constraints of a heteronormative society, albeit one in which attitudes to sexuality were undergoing change. As gay men, both were constrained by the social mores of their times, and each used painting as a means to affirm personal and sexual identities. A key research interest is in the ways in which sexuality and persona are reflected in critical responses to the artist’s work: in Vaughan, Procktor and other gay male artists of the period. The writing on both Procktor and Vaughan examines the relationship between their personal and professional/artistic lives, framed within a broader socio-political and art historical context. It asserts the place of biography as a means to understand and form new readings of the work. The work adds substantially to the literature and wider discourse on post-war British painting and social history

    The spontaneity drain: the social pressures that shaped and then exiled Keith Johnstone's improvisation

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    Keith Johnstone’s Improvisation had an oppositional relationship to the social and historical conditions of 1950s Britain under which it developed. Its structure and performative dynamic were protests against the normalising forces exerted by the social elite upon the broader population and by civilised society upon the individual. Within this context, the Royal Court Theatre acted as an incubator that allowed Johnstone to develop his subversive theories of performance, drawing on elements of professional wrestling to break down the regimented conventions of the theatre space and enliven the spectator-performer relationship. Eventually Johnstone entered a self-imposed exile from the society that shaped this form of performance and established The Loose Moose Theatre in Calgary, Canada. This paper will analyse three relationships vital to this narrative: The oppositional reaction of Johnstone's improvisation to the social pressures of 1950's Britain, the creative glasshouse that The Royal Court Theatre provided for Johnstone within this broader cultural context, and the effects that the new social situation of Calgary, Canada had on Johnstone's practice. At the conclusion of the paper I will draw out the consequences of these analyses for contemporary British society and attempt to identify the normalising forces at work within this context, how our arts institutions and creative incubators might foster novel reactions to these pressures, and how public policy might be shaped in order to encourage artists to remain in Britain so that we might benefit from their continued contribution to our cultural discourses

    Michael Rodriguez interviews historian and author Keith Widder

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    Historian and author Keith Widder talks about his move to Michigan from Wisconsin, his career as Curator of History for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, his research interests, his book "Michigan Agricultural College", and his current projects. Widder is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
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