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Peer reviewedLaing, Robert A. – Mathematics Teacher, 1989
Three worksheets are provided to help secondary students explore relationships among the areas of a variety of similar figures constructed on the sides of right triangles. The activity is extended to include the relationship among the lengths of the sides of the right triangle. Included are several student worksheets. (DC)
Descriptors: Area, Class Activities, Discovery Processes, Geometric Concepts
Peer reviewedPhilipp, Randolph A. – Mathematics Teacher, 1989
A problem-solving approach is developed for secondary or college students to estimate the number of piano tuners in a large city. The answer and method are analyzed for appropriateness. Four similar problems are suggested. (DC)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Discovery Processes, Estimation (Mathematics), Logical Thinking
Peer reviewedKennedy, Joe – Mathematics Teacher, 1993
Discusses possible approaches to solving the problem of how many different triangles can be formed on an n x n geoboard and the different geometric concepts utilized to formulate a solution. Approaches include counting strategies, writing a computer program, and using difference equations. (MDH)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, High Schools
Peer reviewedToumasis, Charalampos – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Presents two worksheets that ask students to count and classify the triangles that can be formed with a given total number of toothpicks or a given number of toothpicks for one side of the triangle. A third worksheet asks students to identify patterns observed during the investigations. Provides reproducible worksheets. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Geometric Concepts
Peer reviewedHatfield, Mary M.; Bitter, Gary G. – Mathematics Teacher, 1991
N:4$2 N:4$N Reported are results of a Technical Education Research Centers (TERC) project describing telecommunication interactions between groups of students using the computer software unit "Connectany." Polygons are formed through repetitive "jumps" between points on a circle. Investigation questions and results are shared…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
Peer reviewedDotseth, Karen A., Ed.; And Others – Mathematics Teacher, 1993
Presents a series of activities that help students discover the Pythagorean Theorem and extension activities to explore various dissection proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. Includes reproducible worksheets. (MDH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning
Peer reviewedHoffer, Alan R. – Mathematics Teacher, 1993
Discusses the potential that school mathematics has for being a source of exploration and discovery for students and teachers. Provides a process-oriented definition of understanding mathematics. Presents activities in which students construct computer and actual models of polyhedra and make conjectures regarding a medical research application of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
