Polygon properties: What is possible?

Rebecca R. Robichaux; Paulette R. Rodrigue

doi:10.5951/TCM.16.9.0514

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Polygon properties: What is possible?

Author: Rebecca R. Robichaux and Paulette R. Rodrigue

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 16: Issue 9

Page(s):: 524–531

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5951/TCM.16.9.0514

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Subjects:: Grade(s) or Audience, All grades PK-12, Teacher:Early Career, Grades 3-5, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Grades 6-8, Grades PK-2, Pre-kindergarten, Kindergarten, First, Second, Math Topic, Geometry, Shapes, Measurement, Perimeter/Area/Volume, Other Topic, Teaching and Learning Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Conceptual Development

Keywords:: CCSS.Math.Content.K.G.A.2; CCSS.Math.Content.K.G.B.5; CCSS.Math.Content.K.G.B.4; CCSS.Math.Content.K.MD.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.K.MD.A.2; CCSS.Math.Content.K.MD.B.3; CCSS.Math.Content.3.G.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.2.G.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.1.G.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.D.9; CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.A.4; CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.C.5b; CCSS.Math.Content.4.G.A.3; CCSS.Math.Content.4.G.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.C.5a; CCSS.Math.Content.4.G.A.2; CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.C.6; CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.B.4; CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.B.3

Sorting shapes and solving riddles develop and advance children's geometric thinking and understanding while promoting mathematical communication, cooperative learning, and numerous representations.

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^*Rebecca R. Robichaux, rrr102@msstate.edu, an assistant professor of mathematics education at Mississippi State University, is interested in standards-based mathematics instruction, the development of spatial visualization, and the content knowledge and beliefs of preservice and in-service mathematics teachers.

Paulette R. Rodrigue, paulette.rodrigue@nicholls.edu, teaches undergraduate and graduate mathematics methods courses at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. She is interested in standards-based mathematics instruction with an emphasis on cooperative learning and authentic assessment.

(Corresponding author is Robichaux rrr102@msstate.edu)

(Corresponding author is Rodrigue paulette.rodrigue@nicholls.edu)

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Teaching Children Mathematics

Page Count:: 8

Article Category:: Research Article

Print Publication Date:: 01 May 2010

Online Publication Date:: May 2010

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