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We've been posting articles to geometry.college and geometry.pre-college in a continuing series called "Learning and Mathematics." Intended to provide an informative and sometimes provocative overview of the thinking of some key researchers in mathematics education and educational psychology, they have generated good conversations on the newsgroups and are linked to our K12 special entry point.
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One reason people love the Web is its versatility -- you can reach all of our archives from one place, the Forum home page. Our ftp and gopher archives harbor a wealth of useful and interesting geometry-related material including past discussions, software for mac and pc, demos of commercial software, Sketchpad and Cabri sketches, scripts, and macros, and more.
Special Entry Points. We've set up special entry points for the research, college, and K12 communities:
Research geometers will find current articles and past discussions from the geometry.research newsgroup. We also note such net happenings as 'Contours of the Mind', a "celebration of fractal geometry, feedback and chaos" exhibited at the Australian National University in June and July of 1994.
College geometers are offered easy access to articles and discussions from geometry.college, as well as a link to the Geometry Center with its many resources for the study of visual mathematics, and other links to math sites we particularly recommend on the Internet.
The K-12 community will find:
The Problem of the Week and Project of the Month are posted regularly to geometry.pre-college. Student answers are also posted. Here's a fall1994 POW:
It's Bonita's birthday this Wednesday, and Braulio is throwing a party for her. There will be prizes for various games and contests. The coolest prize will be given to those who answer the following problem:
.....a) If each person shakes hands with everyone else at the party, how many handshakes will there be?
.....b) What if everyone is seated at a table and shakes hands with everyone except the two people sitting on either side?
Braulio hasn't said how many people are coming and probably doesn't know for sure, but several people are trying to figure out the answers to the contests before the party anyway. Can they do this? What could they bring to the party to come up with the answers quickly? Hints: Start with a few examples; try drawing a picture with each person as the vertex of a polygon...
Here's a great beginning. Can you add to Kristin's answer?
You are able to figure out how many handshakes there will be by simply drawing a polygon with the same number of sides as there are people. You then draw all the possible diagonals. You then count the # of diagonals & the # of sides and this will give you the number of handshakes. The guests could bring sketches of polygons with an assorted amount of sides in order to figure out the problem quickly and accurately.
For part b you would use almost the same concept as part a. All you would do is draw a polygon with the same number of sides as there are people and draw all the possible diagonals. You would only count the number of diagonals and this would give you the number of handshakes. The guests could use the same diagrams to solve both problems.
-- Kristin Burton, grade 9, Mount St. Joseph Academy, Flourtown, PA
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