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Clark, Jean – Mathematics Teaching, 1975
A learning activity relating modular arithmetic to patterns of figures determined by points equally spaced around a circle is described. (SD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometry
Cohen, Donald – Mathematics Teaching, 1976
The observations of a fifth-grade student concerning number patterns are recorded and discussed. (SD)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Bennett, Richard – Mathematics Teaching, 1976
Students examined patterns emerging when numbers placed at vertices in a braided pattern were summed. (SD)
Descriptors: Algebra, Geometric Concepts, Induction, Instruction
Furey, Wendy G. – Mathematics Teaching, 1975
While repairing a sleeping bag, the author observed that the quilt stitching was unicursal. This led to development of a classroom activity relating the stitching patterns of quilts to the highest common factor of the numbers of "bumps" in each direction. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Experiential Learning, Geometry
Zaslavsky, Claudia – Mathematics Teaching, 1975
Patterns found in African art can be used in activities related to geometric concepts. (SD)
Descriptors: African Culture, Cultural Exchange, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
