Problem Statement: Preservice teachers acquire the knowledge and skills needed for elementary mathematics education by themselves obtaining quality university educations and by being actively involved in mathematics. Thus, it is essential to make room in teacher education for student-centered projects and activities. Purpose of Study: This study…

Describes how students use crazy cars to confirm that the sum of measures of the angles of any triangle is 180 degrees. (Author)

Describes the Circle Scribe Disk Compass and explains its use in helping children to explore patterns and geometry. Topics include Fibonnacci's spiral and regular polygons. (MM)

Suggests using literature to study geometry and presents activities on the book "Sitting in My Box." (Author/NB)

Provides activities focusing on students' use of manipulatives to demonstrate understanding. (Author)

Presents responses to the Mathematics of Motion problem which includes estimating the area of shapes on grid paper. (Author/YDS)

Presents a variety of activities in which 4th grade students investigate prisms and pyramids by building models from folded paper and drinking straws. (Author/NB)

Presents the Shape Search problem to develop student visualization. Focuses attention on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Geometry Standard. (Author/NB)

Examines activities and children's thinking in four main areas of the Geometry Standard in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics": (1) properties of shapes; (2) locations and spatial relationships; (3) transformations and symmetry; and (4) visualization. (Author)

Considers teaching strategies to help children overcome misconceptions and difficulties with the mathematical concept of angles. (ASK)

This book helps teachers define good questions, offers tips on how to create their own good questions, and includes a wide variety of questions for use in the classroom. Each chapter of the book is organized by subject area and age group so that teachers can locate the topic their class is working on, then select probing, thought-provoking…

Describes how students connect culture and mathematics by using tessellating and symmetrical patterns in the designs of architecture, pottery, blankets, and baskets as models to create geometric designs for a quilt. (Author/YDS)

Describes a discovery-based geometry unit that keeps students actively involved in their learning. Highlights how geometry surrounds students every day. (ASK)

Emphasizes the importance of children exploring hands-on and minds-on mathematics. Presents a midpoint shape activity for students to explore the midpoint shape of familiar quadrilaterals, such as squares and rectangles. (KHR)

Describes a unit of study focusing on tessellations to show students another view of mathematics. (Author)