One of the features of the Common Core content standards in secondary school is a change in the foundations of geometry. Instead of basing everything on congruence and similarity postulates, as is traditional, the idea is to build on a basis of geometric transformations: translation, rotation, reflection, and dilation. This is an interesting change, but… Continue reading Transformational Geometry
Month: April 2013
Common Core and "Assessment"
I attended a the Critical Issues in Math Education (CIME) meeting in Berkeley (my home town) a few weeks ago. It was a decent mix of math ed researchers, mathematicians, teachers, and people who work for various nonprofits connected to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). I was pleased to see they did involve some… Continue reading Common Core and "Assessment"
Working with Pentominoes
Much of this information is outdated. See an updated post here. Didax just published my book Working with Pentominoes. It is geared to grades 4-8, though I use some of the content in high school. Pentominoes are a geometric puzzle, a staple of recreational mathematics. This is what they look like: You can read… Continue reading Working with Pentominoes
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