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| Mathematics in School | 5 |
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| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 5 |
| Journal Articles | 5 |
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Peer reviewedMatthews, John – Mathematics in School, 1998
Presents four activities in which students cut out and assemble pieces to create Celtic designs. (ASK)
Descriptors: Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedNissen, Phillip – Mathematics in School, 1988
This article outlines a series of investigations in graph theory which simultaneously gives exercises in visualization. It is argued that one of the advantages of classroom investigations is that students can be lead to an intuitive grasp of advanced mathematics. (PK)
Descriptors: Computation, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Graphs
Peer reviewedFrench, Doug – Mathematics in School, 1988
The cube is the most familiar and in many ways the simplest of the five regular polyhedra, and yet it is surprisingly rich mathematically. This article suggests a number of practical activities for the classroom which involve the cube and related polyhedra. (PK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Mathematics Curriculum
Peer reviewedVertes, Bob – Mathematics in School, 1988
Describes an enrichment activity based on the problem "Given a 2x2 square, and three colors, how many different ways can we shade the square?" (PK)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Games, Geometric Concepts, Geometry
Peer reviewedCassell, David – Mathematics in School, 1988
Includes patterns for and a brief discussion of the polyhedra: octahedron, tetrahedron, dodecahedron, cuboid, prism, and star. (PK)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Geometry
