Title: Developing thinking in geometry /
Authors: Johnston-Wilder, Sue.; Mason, John, 1944-; Open University
Publisher: Open University in association with Paul Chapman Publishing,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Geometry Study and teaching; Form perception Study and teaching.; Symmetry (Mathematics) Study and teaching.
Abstract: This book is for people with an interest in geometry, whether as a learner or as a teacher or both. It is concerned with the 'big ideas' of geometry and what it is to understand the process of thinking geometrically.
Contents: Invariance -- Language and points of view -- Reasoning based on invariant properties -- Visualising and representing -- Invariance in measurement -- Measuring areas and volumes -- Geometrical reasoning -- Visualising -- Transformations and invariants -- Language and points of view -- Reasoning with transformation geometry -- Visualising transformations -- Themes and structure -- Powers, constructs and strategies -- Epilogue -- References -- Index -- CD-ROM: Interactive geometry files -- Audio files -- imaginings -- Paper resources.