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Brian P. Katz – PRIMUS, 2024
This paper shares a flexible activity for engaging people in mathematical inquiry that does not depend on fixed prior knowledge built on a famous property of Möbius strips. The discussion includes the implementation of the activity and its extensions, facilitator moves and common participant thinking, suggestions for adaptation and integration…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Inquiry, Active Learning, Mathematics Skills
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Otten, Samuel; Gilbertson, Nicholas J.; Males, Lorraine M.; Clark, D. Lee – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2014
International calls have been made for reasoning-and-proving to permeate school mathematics. It is important that efforts to heed this call are grounded in an understanding of the opportunities to reason-and-prove that already exist, especially in secondary-level geometry where reasoning-and-proving opportunities are prevalent but not thoroughly…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Textbook Research, Textbook Evaluation, Geometry
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Glass, Brad; Deckert, Walter – Mathematics Teacher, 2001
Examines existing research literature which suggests that introducing computing tools can help students focus on the relevant aspects of a problem, function at higher levels of geometric understanding, distinguish between drawings and constructions, and develop and reason about conjectures on the basis of generalization of patterns. (KHR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Geometry, Mathematics Activities