• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.341-354
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to show the Fractals activities for mathematically gifted students, and to analyze the constructions on Fractals of the mathematically gifted. The subjects of this study were 5 mathematically gifted students in the Gifted Education Institut and also 6th graders at elementary schools. These activities on Fractals focused on constructing Fractals with the students' rules and were performed three ways; Fractal cards, colouring rules, Fractal curves. Analysis of collected data revealed in as follows: First, the constructions on Fractals transformed the ratios of lines and were changed using oblique lines or curves. Second, to make colouring rules on Fractals, students presented the sensitivities of initial and fractal dimensions on Fractals. In conclusion, this study suggested the importance of communication and mathematical approaches in the mathematics classrooms for the mathematically gifted.