Despite statements in curriculum guides or mandates from administration as to the content to be taught in geometry, teachers make the ultimate decisions as to the depth and scope of these objectives and how they will be carried out in the classroom. It is evident that student-centered activities must come from teacher leadership positions. Moves to broaden the approach to teaching geometry will not occur without a direct effort by teachers in the classroom to refocus the direction and methods of instruction. Most teachers in Putnam County have not been trained in the use nor the application of technology toward teaching methodology in the classroom. This training process, though slow to be implemented, will surely benefit all parties.
Many sources offer suggestions on how to make mathematics more interesting.
Leisure and fun are pervasive in their lives in the form of fast-paced computer and video technology and students seem to expect education to come in the form of entertainment. Many books activities have been written to make mathematics fun. Activities can be designed that are fun but also require application of concepts learned in the classroom. For example, rope and chalk can be used outside to build a hopscotch or a basketball court after a unit in geometry on compass and straight edge constructions. Origami activities produce objects of beauty and geometric significance.