Junior School Teachers’ Opinions on Teaching Topic ‚Trapezoid‛ by Discovery Learning: the Investigation in Dong Thap Province, Vietnam

Abstract

Discovery learning is a method of inquiry-based instruction, in discovery learning, learners have opportunities to discover facts and relationships for themselves. In Vietnam, this method was approached from many decades ago. The paper will present the results of the investigating mathematics teachers’ opinions on the use of discovery learning in teaching geometry in junior schools of Vietnam in the case of instructing topic “trapezoid”.