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Parker, John – Mathematics in School, 1998
Presents hands-on activities to introduce the rhomboid and its parts. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Activities

French, Doug – Mathematics in School, 1998
Introduces problems on rhombuses and dodecagons and their solutions. Emphasizes the angles and symmetric features of these geometric figures. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Activities

Orton, Tony – Mathematics in School, 1998
Discusses the tessellation with circles and presents mathematics activities on tessellations with circles. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Education

Dixon, J.; Watkinson, R. – Mathematics in School, 1998
Presents an activity using geoboards to recognize similar and different relationships of triangles. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Activities

Ernest, Paul – Mathematics in School, 1998
Discusses the benefits of integrating the history of mathematics into mathematics classes. Provides some worksheets for undertaking this task. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics History

Van Brummelen, Glen – Mathematics in School, 1998
Provides information about mathematician Jamshid al-Kashi and his work on calculating mathematical values such Pi or Sin(1). (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Mathematicians, Mathematics Activities

Stephenson, Paul – Mathematics in School, 1998
Presents an activity to identify some square-differences on the multiplication table. Discusses these properties using the Pythagorean triangle. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Mathematical Concepts

Andrews, Paul – Mathematics in School, 1998
Offers an alternative instructional method of constructing cubes based on the use of linking smaller cubes to form triangles. Offers learners insight into algebra by clearly exposing the underlying structure of the problem-solving process. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Mathematical Concepts

Weeks, Chris – Mathematics in School, 1998
Presents Ptolemy's theorem on geometry and its proof. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Activities

Porkess, Roger – Mathematics in School, 1998
Presents a problem and its solution on generating the complete set of triples of given sides of a triangle. Determines that students who work through the problem stand to learn a great deal more than just which particular triangles fit the given requirements. (ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Mathematical Concepts