Proposed Syllabus in Plane and Solid Geometry

1930 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-94
Author(s):  
George W. Evans

The following list of propositions, 104 in number, have for plane and solid geometry the same total content as the list of 181 that constitutes the College Entrance Examination Board's definition of those two subjects. It is based upon measurement, and uses systematic approximation as a means of dealing with irrationals. Algebra and trigonometry are used wherever they contribute to clearness and brevity.

1924 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 475-481
Author(s):  
John W. Bradshaw

The College Entrance Examination Board in its Document No. 108, containing a definition of the requirements in geometry adopted by the board on April 21, 1923, has included an appendix on drawing which opens with the following paragraphs:“An important aid to the visualization of space figures is the ability to draw these figures on paper. The pupil should be trained to make neat free-hand drawings, inserting whatever construction lines are needed and supplementing the representation of the space figure by independent drawings of plane sections, whenever such contribute to clearness. Ruler and compasses may often be used with advantage, but no technical knowledge of descriptive geometry or the niceties of mechanical drawing forms any part of the requirement. The use of ruler and compasses in the examination is permitted and to a moderate degree, desirable but it is not prescribed.


1926 ◽  
Vol 19 (23) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Richard M. Gummere ◽  
Walter V. McDuffee ◽  
Harry M. Hubbell ◽  
Alfred E. Porter ◽  
John C. Kirtland ◽  
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1929 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 487-488
Author(s):  
Dunham Jackson

A proposal bas been made to the College Entrance Examination Board that it should modify its requirements so as to bring about the more extensive introduction of courses including an appreciable amount of solid geometry in the first year of geometry, in place of a part of the plane geometry ordinarily taught. In response to a request from the Board, a committee has been appointed by the Mathematical Associntion of America and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to discuss the feasibility of the proposal.


1933 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 140-145
Author(s):  
John W. Bradshaw

In earlier parts of this discussion1 we have been concerned with the picturing in oblique parallel projection of certain simple solids bounded by plane surfaces. In this part we shall continue the study with a consideration of the simplest curved surfaces, the right circular cylinder and the sphere. The Appendix on “Drawing” (pages 35- 39) of Document No. 108 of the College Entrance Examination Board on Geometry furnishes the outline; the following quotations are taken from this Document. References to figures are to the figures in that document, some of which are reproduced in this article.


1928 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-45
Author(s):  
Ralph Beatley

In 1923 the College Entrance Examination Board published its Document 108 embodying a detailed statement of the revised requirements in plane and solid geometry. Those who were charged with the preparatjon cf this document gave heed to a suggestion of the National Committee on Mathematical Requirements1 with respect to the desirability of introducing the more elementary notions of solid geometry in connection with related ideas of plane geometry, and prepared accordingly the syllabus for Geometry cd, the so-called Minor Requirement in Plane and Solid Geometry. Document 108 states that “this requirement is designed to cover the most important parts of plane and solid geometry, in such a way that the preparation for it can be completed in the time usually devoted to the standard requirement in plane geometry,” i.e., one year.


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