Geometry book

[Cotten, Jodi]

Hi everyone,

We have a 100 level geometry course that I will be teaching for the first time in the spring, last minute schedule change. I've been looking at books but can't find exactly what I want... not sure if I know what I want other than 'not traditional' and/or student activities.

I have the Musser book with Pearson, has a student activities manual. It's on the way.

Any others that you all know about or have used?

Thanks,

Jodi

[Swint, Lola]

You might want to look at Alexander from Houghton Mifflin. I have not taught from it but it looks good.

Lola Swint

Hi everyone,

Thanks,

Jodi

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[Thomas, Jamie]

I'd suggest using Geometer's Sketchpad, also. And there are lots of resources for activities.
Jamie

[Kathy Almy]

Illinois has a requirement that all developmental math students have
to satisfy a geometry requirement prior to taking a college level
course. Consequently, we've used about everything out there (Lial
book, Alexander book, Tussy/Gustafson booklet, and high school
texts). We wanted an active approach to learn geometry, have some
proofs but have inductive/deductive reasoning be a larger goal than 2
column proofs, have a way to not put theorems on the board the whole
period, and have online homework. That didn't exist in totality so we
pieced together something that's working really well. We use Alan
Bass' geometry booklet as a reference for students. We took the
MathXL geometry database and built a set of assignments (with proofs
even) that match Alan's book in terms of order and names of sections.
Then I wrote a workbook to go with his book and MathXL that has most
pages split in half: one side has the theory with blanks to fill in
as a way to guide the lecture and reduce copying from the board. The
right half has examples to work. That's a typical lesson. But
throughout the workbook are activities, demos, and applets to get
students active. It also has 3 hole punched, perforated flash cards
so they can practice. An instructor's edition accompanies it. We did
that to help our adjuncts since many were hesitant to teach geometry.
Pearson Custom published it and bundled it with the Bass book and
MathXL code. I'm debating about using a custom MML geometry course
that exists and making assignments in it and having them make a new
bundle for us just so that we can use MML instead of MathXL. The
geometry course that exists in MML is tied to a high school book,
which I wouldn't use in our case, but it's nice for students to have
an ebook plus all the animations and videos. This is on my mind
currently because I'm developing an online section of our geometry
course.

The bundle and components I mentioned are available for any school.
But there are other options that you may want to combine to get
exactly what you're looking for. Also, our course is at the
developmental level. If you wanted something at the college level,
Musser would be a good choice. We considered it based on the approach
but the reading level and content were above what we were going for
with this population.

Kathy Almy

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[Bruce Yoshiwara]

My favorite elementary geometry text is Geometry:  A Guided Inquiry by Chakerian, Morton Press.  

It's activity based, cleverly developed, avoids the "T" proofs, is paperback, and probably costs about $50.

And check out GeoGebra (http://www.geogebra.org/), which is a free program that is not only a dynamic geometry program like Geometer's Sketchpad but also includes an algebra window.  When you construct an object (like a point or circle), you get an algebraic representation (like an ordered pair or equation), and then you can either manipulate the object and see the change in the algebraic representation, or manipulate the algebraic representation and see the geometric transformation.  (TI-nspire has some similar capabilities, but GeoGebra came earlier.)

You can ignore the algebra window (and spreadsheet capabilities...) and use just the GeoSketchpad-like features.  You can use GeoGebra to create web pages with any or all of the GeoGebra features.  Your students need only a standard browser to explore dynamically the specific constructions of your choice, or to access whatever part of GeoGebra you want them to play with.

GeoGebra has a large following of users who have amassed resources at the GeoGebra wiki.

Bruce Yoshiwara

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[Beth Hentges]

Who is the course intended for?
Beth in MN

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Hi everyone,

Thanks,

Jodi

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[Cotten, Jodi]

It was created for liberal arts students, it's also been used by some of our transfer colleges for math ed requirements for certification. So, a mix of people!

Jodi

Jodi Cotten
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Westchester Community College
Valhalla, NY, 10591
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