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Peer reviewedCarter, Beth W. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
Building projects with blocks provide opportunities to foster creative thinking skills. The connection between blocks and thinking how to implement the strategy are included, along with examples. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedShaw, Jean M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Preservice elementary teachers worked cooperatively to explore the relationship between the measure of the central angle and the number of sides of regular polygons using the reflection of a line in a hinged mirror. The experience involved conjecture and experimentation, communication, and building connections between science, geometry, and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education
