The Present Year-Long Course in Euclidean Geometry Must Go

2006 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-168
Author(s):  
Howard F. Fehr
Keyword(s):  
Euclidean Geometry ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Study Group ◽  
School Year ◽  
Long Course ◽  
Coordinate Geometry

It is assumed that the geometry course refers to one that is commonly taught in the tenth school year. It is traditional Euclidean synthetic geometry, of 2- and 3-space, modified by an introduction of ruler and protractor axioms into the usual synthetic axioms. A unit of coordinate geometry of the plane is usually appended. It is a course that is reflected in textbooks prepared by the School Mathematics Study Group and in most commercial textbooks.

The Forum: What Should Become of the High School Geometry Course?: The Present Year-Long Course in Euclidean Geometry Must Go

1972 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-154
Author(s):  
Howard F. Fehr
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Euclidean Geometry ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Study Group ◽  
High School Geometry ◽  
School Year ◽  
School Geometry ◽  
Long Course ◽  
Coordinate Geometry

It is assumed that the geometey course refers to one that is commonly taught in the tenth school year. It is traditional Euclidean synthetic geometry, 2- and 3-space, modified by an introduction of ruler and protractor axioms into the usual synthetic axioms. A unit of coordinate geometry of the plane is usually appended. It is a course that is reflected in textbooks prepared by the School Mathematics Study Group and in most commercial textbooks.

Experimental Programs: Coordinate Geometry with an Affine Approach

1964 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 404-405
Author(s):  
Harry Sitomer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Study Group ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
High School Geometry ◽  
School Geometry ◽  
Coordinate Geometry

In the spring of 1961, the School Mathematics Study Group convened a group of college mathematicians and high school teachers of mathematics to consider plans for writing an alternate high school geometry course, in which coordinates would be introduced and used as early as feasible.

What are Perpendicular Lines?

1967 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
C. R. Wylie
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Recent Issue ◽  
High School Geometry ◽  
School Geometry ◽  
Coordinate Geometry

In a recent issue of The Mathematics Teacher,1 Harry Sitomer described an experimental program in high school geometry originally recommended to the School Mathematics Study Group by some of its advisers but finally undertaken by the Wesleyan Coordinate Geometry Group.

Experimental Programs: An Experiment in High School Calculus

1970 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 609-612
Author(s):  
Marlin F. Hubley
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Study Group

In 1965 the School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG) released a calculus text. The writing team for this text considered the study of calculus to be in transition from college to the high school. The text was the team's thinking on what the course should be during the transition.

Experimental Programs: SMSG—one point of view

1962 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 476-478
Author(s):  
Lillian Marlin
Keyword(s):  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Prime Mover ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
New Material ◽  
And Mathematics

The modern world, with its emphasis on science and mathematics, has given birth to new concepts in these fields. The dire need for trained mathematicians and an informed public resulted in the recognition of the need to incorporate into the study of mathematics new material and to present the old in a new light. The School Mathematics Study Group material is a prime mover in this field; it offers the new topics and language of elementary and high school mathematics, using modern approaches to learning.

Geodesic Domes by Euclidean Construction

1978 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
pp. 582-587
Author(s):  
Magnus J. Wenninger
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Vector Analysis ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Geodesic Domes ◽  
Coordinate Geometry

In the February 1977 issue of the Mathematics Teacher, Fred Blaisdell and Art Indelicato coauthored an article entitled “Finding Chord Factors of Geodesic Domes.” Their approach involved threedimensional coordinate geometry and vector analysis, and the opinion was expressed that “the mathematics of geodesic domes is well within the capability of most senior high school mathematics analysis classes.”

Coordinate Geometry: A Powerful Tool for Solving Problems

1990 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-268
Author(s):  
Stanley F. Taback
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mathematical Problem ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematical Problem Solving ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
Mathematical Ideas ◽  
Mathematics Standards ◽  
Problem Situations ◽  
Coordinate Geometry

In calling for reform in the teaching and learning of mathematics, the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (Standards) developed by NCTM (1989) envisions mathematics study in which students reason and communicate about mathematical ideas that emerge from problem situations. A fundamental premise of the Standards, in fact, is the belief that “mathematical problem solving … is nearly synonymous with doing mathematics” (p. 137). And the ability to solve problems, we are told, is facilitated when students have opportunities to explore “connections” among different branches of mathematics.

scholarly journals Application of Ludo Board Game in Increasing the Activeness of the Physics Study Group of Mts DDI Seppange Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-106
Author(s):  
Napsawati Napsawati ◽  
Yusdarina Yusdarina
Keyword(s):  
Study Groups ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Science Study ◽  
Learning Group ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
School Year ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
Usage Level

This study aims to describe the activeness of the members of the physics science study group by implementing the Ludo Board Game and seeing the students' responses to the application of the Ludo Board Game in increasing the activity of the members of the physics science learning group. To achieve this goal, descriptive research has been carried out using the Ludo Board Game game. The subjects of this study were students of class VIII MTS DDI Seppange in the 2019/2020 school year, which may be 24 people. The data research method used was observation (observation), questionnaires, interview techniques and documentation. Furthermore, the analysis technique is carried out by means of proportional descriptive data analysis. The results showed that the increase in the activity of students' study groups after the implementation of the Ludo Board Game (LBG). Meanwhile, the students' responses to the application of Ludo Board Game in increasing the activeness of members of the physics science study group were very feasible, namely for the quality of the content with an eligibility level of 81.25% and a 94.53% usage level.

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