Mathematics as a Performing Art.

Davis, Robert B.

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ERIC Number: EJ361593

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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Mathematics as a Performing Art.

Davis, Robert B.

Journal of Mathematical Behavior, v6 n2 p157-70 Aug 1987

Mathematics is considered a performing art. Examples illustrating this view are presented. Activities discussed are from the Madison Project materials and the mathematics program at University High School in Urbana, Illinois. Activities stress inventing strategies for attacking problems for elementary and secondary school mathematics. (RH)

Descriptors: Calculus, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics

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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers

Language: English

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