Written by the best selling author of "Discovering Geometry", Patty Paper Geometry contains 12 chapters of guided and open investigations. Open investigations encourage students to explore their own methods of discovery, and guided investigations provide more direction to students. Use Patty Paper Geometry as a supplement to your geometry program or even as a major course of study. Author: Michael Serra, Pages: 262, paperback, Publisher: Playing It Smart, ISBN: 978-1559530723
I really like the text "Discovering Geometry" by the same author, but the district didn't re-adopt his book. This paperback book has a lot of great activities for the geometry classroom that are easy for a new teacher to use no matter what text the district adopts. Also, there are puzzle-type figures in each section that are terrific for review.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is an exceptional book that really gets kids interested in the geometric relationships and properties AND ALLOWS STUDENTS TO DISCOVER... After working with this book for a few lessons on Angle Properties, students begged to "do patty paper!" for every geometry lesson. Very do-able for teachers who have never used patty paper. Comes with great worksheets that corresponded well with my curriculum.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book is excellent if you are looking into teaching or learning geometry from a discovery based approach. I am a first year geometry teacher and picked this book up at the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics. It includes an incredible unit on fractals; I'm going to go buy some tracing paper right now to try it out.
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