Geometric Growing Patterns: What's the Rule?

Autor/inn/en	Hourigan, Mairéad; Leavy, Aisling
Titel	Geometric Growing Patterns: What's the Rule?
Quelle	In: Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 20 (2015) 4, S.31-40 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0286
Schlagwörter	Geometry; Mathematical Concepts; Teaching Methods; Scientific Principles; Educational Practices; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geometrie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungspraxis; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	While within a geometric repeating pattern, there is an identifiable core which is made up of objects that repeat in a predictable manner, a geometric growing pattern (also called visual or pictorial growing patterns in other curricula) "is a pattern that is made from a sequence of figures [or objects] that change from one term to the next in a predictable way" (Billings, Tiedt & Slater, 2007, p. 303). In this article, the authors explore several examples of ways to use geometrical growing patterns to develop students' algebraic thinking. Examples are situated within interesting contexts to elicit algebraic generalisations by working through a five-phase analysis process. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01