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Level 0: Visualization

The Van Hiele model of geometric understanding describes 5 levels of thinking: level 0 involves visual recognition, level 1 involves analysis of parts, level 2 involves recognizing class inclusion, level 3 involves formal proof, and levels must be completed sequentially. The model also notes students begin inductively with examples and progress deductively through classes and proofs.

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Level 0: Visualization

The Van Hiele model of geometric understanding describes 5 levels of thinking: level 0 involves visual recognition, level 1 involves analysis of parts, level 2 involves recognizing class inclusion, level 3 involves formal proof, and levels must be completed sequentially. The model also notes students begin inductively with examples and progress deductively through classes and proofs.

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Van Hiele Model of Geometric Understanding

Level 0: Visualization

Students can identify objects by their overall shape. They need to see many examples and non-examples.

Van Hiele Model of Geometric Understanding


Level 1: Analysis

Students can discuss the parts that make up an object. They need to measure, fold, cut, compare.

Van Hiele Model of Geometric Understanding


Level 2: Informal Deduction
Students can explain how parts relate to each other. They can recognize class inclusion (e.g. All squares are parallelograms.). This is the lowest level at which a definition is meaningful.

Van Hiele Model of Geometric Understanding


Level 3: Formal Deduction

Students can use deductive arguments (proofs) to confirm their conjectures.

Van Hiele Model of Geometric Understanding


Characteristics of the model
The levels are sequential. Students cannot skip a level.

If the level of teaching and the level of understanding are different, little learning will take place.

Van Hiele Model of Geometric Understanding


The levels start with an inductive approach and work toward a deductive approach. Students begin with many individual examples of a geometric object. As they progress, they recognize commonalities that allows them to consider classes of objects. Examination of individual examples also allows students to make conjectures. They must move to a deductive level in order to prove or disprove their conjectures.

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