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Peer reviewedBrinkworth, Peter – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 1997
Uses the history of China to present examples of mathematics that can be usefully employed in primary classrooms. Challenges teachers to translate these ideas into practical activities for children. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Elementary Education, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics History
Peer reviewedBrinkworth, Peter; Scott, Paul – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1997
Introduces a place of mathematics using a town called Amiens and its Cathedral whose overall floor plan was based on the Greek cross using proportions matching that of the ideal human body, the figures in the shape of an octagram or star octagon, and the symbols in the design. (ASK)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry
