Learning of the Circumference Applying the Van Hiele Model in Eleventh Grade Students of Secondary School

Abstract

This research has analyzed the learning of the circumference applying Van Hiele Model in eleventh grade students. It was a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach with the participation of 12 students from eleventh grade during the second semester and a teacher of mathematics at "Miguel Larreynaga" Institute, El Castillo, Río San Juan. The analysis was based on the observation in the class-room, attitudinal test and survey. The results indicate that the Van Hiele model is an ideal approach to the teaching of circumference that can be adapted to any learning environment, helping effectively to reduce learning difficulties and providing the students with indispensable tools for learning by discovery, problem solving and attitude to the challenges at the different levels of the model.