
Geometry
A Guide for Teachers
American Mathematical Society (Publisher)
Published on 30. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
202 pages
978-0-8218-5362-7 (ISBN)
Description
This geometry book is written foremost for future and current middle school teachers, but is also designed for elementary and high school teachers. The book consists of ten seminars covering in a rigourous way the fundamental topics in school geometry, including all of the significant topics in high school geometry. The seminars are crafted to clarify and enhance understanding of the subject. Concepts in plane and solid geometry are carefully explained, and activities that teachers can use in their classrooms are emphasised. The book draws on the pictorial nature of geometry since that is what attracts students at every level to the subject. The book should give teachers a firm foundation on which to base their instruction in the elementary and middle grades. In addition, it should help teachers give their students a solid basis for the geometry that they will study in high school. The book is also intended to be a source for problems in geometry for enrichment programmes such as Math Circles and Young Scholars.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Providence
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
392 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8218-5362-7 (9780821853627)
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Persons
Judith D. Sally is at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Paul J. Sally, Jr. is at the University of Chicago, IL, USA.
Paul J. Sally, Jr. is at the University of Chicago, IL, USA.
Content
Introduction
Seminar 1: Polygons in the plane
Seminar 2: More fundamentals of plane geometry
Seminar 3: Tessellation
Seminar 4: Regular polygons and regular polyhedra
Seminar 5: Symmetry
Seminar 6: Lattice polygons
Seminar 7: The area of polygonal regions
Seminar 8: The area of a disk and disk packing
Seminar 9: Dissection
Seminar 10: Geometry in three dimensions
Index
Seminar 1: Polygons in the plane
Seminar 2: More fundamentals of plane geometry
Seminar 3: Tessellation
Seminar 4: Regular polygons and regular polyhedra
Seminar 5: Symmetry
Seminar 6: Lattice polygons
Seminar 7: The area of polygonal regions
Seminar 8: The area of a disk and disk packing
Seminar 9: Dissection
Seminar 10: Geometry in three dimensions
Index