Author(s)

Yutian Wong

Guangdong Country Garden School, Foshan, China.

This study aimed to investigate the influence of origami on mathematics study. Origami artists have been studying origami since 1893 to find the secret of math in it. In the past years, according to the studies that past sages have done for the world, origami helps mathematicians to solve several math puzzles. In addition, it may help students to understand geometry. As a high school student, the researcher was interested in origami and mathematics. Therefore, research related to these two themes is made, and connected with math education, to discover how origami helps learn math. In this article, origami was seen as something that may greatly assist mathematics and the education of mathematics. For further support, research is done for some examples that past people have done about origami and mathematics. Theories proposed by the pioneers were put into practice. Additionally, some of the current study experiences in origami with math knowledge points were added to find the benefits of students learning math by using origami. Related theories are taken into practice by the researcher, to further discover how mathematics and origami have combined. This article concludes with the examples of origami that have greatly helped to solve math problems and my discovery of how learning origami may help better comprehension of math. Spatial awareness, logical execution, non-cognitive skills, and finger dexterity has been greatly improved.

Origami, Origami Geometry, Mathematics, Math Learning

Wong, Y. (2022) The Influence of Origami on Mathematics Study. Creative Education, 13, 2264-2274. doi: 10.4236/ce.2022.137143.