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Constructing with Non-Standard Bricks
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Andras, Szilard – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2012
The necessity of using inquiry-based learning (IBL) was recently recommended by studies and reports made for the European Commission. Several European projects are devoted to the widespread use of IBL methods. The effects of using IBL are studied worldwide. In the framework of the Seventh Framework Program (FP7) project PRIMAS, a series of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Mathematics Activities
Finding the Area of a Circle: Didactic Explanations in School Mathematics
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Stacey, Kaye; Vincent, Jill – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2009
Learning about the area formulas provides many opportunities for students even at the beginning of junior secondary school to experience mathematical deduction. For example, in easy cases, students can put two triangles together to make a rectangle, and so deduce that the area of a triangle is half the area of a corresponding rectangle. They can…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Learning Activities, Concept Formation, Mathematics Activities
Logic (2).
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Scott, Paul – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1998
Continues analyzing some fundamental mathematical ideas on logic and proof. Provides some sample problems and their solutions. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Sets and Counting.
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Scott, Paul – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1999
Reviews some fundamental mathematical ideas on sets and counting. Provides problems based on those ideas and their answers. (ASK)
Descriptors: Diagrams, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Activities