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McClintock, Ruth – Mathematics Teacher, 1993
Presents a cooperative-learning lesson in which high school students visit stations equipped with different tools to establish the midpoint of a Pixy Stix, a brand of candy-filled straw. Provides solutions for two potential stations, suggestions to extend the activity, and two activity worksheets. (MDH)
Descriptors: Analytic Geometry, Classroom Communication, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning
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Toumasis, 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
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Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Presents activities that utilize representations of the side, front, and top views of three-dimensional configurations of blocks to develop spatial-visualization skills and aspects of the concept of function. Provides worksheets of these open-ended investigations. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Functions (Mathematics)
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McLaughlin, Harry – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Presents activities to teach the formula for the area of a rectangle that require students to determine the cost of refurbishing their school's tennis courts. Students collect their own data, organize information, and make decisions individually and as a group to solve the problem. Worksheets are provided. (MDH)
Descriptors: Area, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning
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Dotseth, 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
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Kriegler, Shelley – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Presents a unit of study involving tangrams that integrates geometric relationships, scale drawings, graphing, patterns, and logical thinking. Provides worksheets for independent and cooperative activities to discover geometric shapes using a specified number of tangram pieces. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities