Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ467670
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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The Study of the Unknown: Taking Geometry to New Dimensions.
Arvold, Bridget
Mathematics Educator, v4 n1 p17-20 Win 1993
Describes four activities to develop visualization skills and the concept of dimensionality in which students (1) visualize transforming figures between the second and third dimensions; (2) identify the three-dimensional objects from their two-dimensional projections; (3) conjecture about the vertices, edges, and faces of zero- to four-dimensional objects; and (4) imagine life on different surfaces. (MDH)
Descriptors: Discovery Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Learning Activities, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Patterns in Mathematics, Problem Solving, Spatial Ability, Visualization
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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