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Direct linkVincent, Jill; Vincent, Claire – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2004
Between the 17th and 19th centuries, the Japanese government closed its borders to the outside world in an attempt to become more powerful. Foreign books were banned, people could not travel, and foreigners were not allowed to enter the country. One result of this isolation was the flourishing of sangaku--wooden tablets inscribed with intricately…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction
de Villiers, Michael – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2004
This paper gives a broad descriptive account of some activities that the author has designed using Sketchpad to develop teachers' understanding of other functions of proof than just the traditional function of 'verification'. These other functions of proof illustrated here are those of explanation, discovery and systematization (in the context of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Teachers, Learning Theories, Geometry
Fraunholz, Wolfgang, Ed. – 1998
This CD-ROM contains the lectures, abstracts, workshops, and posters of all participants in the Third International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT 3). Various topics on teaching mathematics with technology are reviewed and some software and demos are also included. Main talks focus on such topics as graphing calculators,…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
