Geometry Out Loud: Learning Mathematics Through Reading and Writing Activities

Geometry Out Loud is the second volume in the popular MathOut Loud series. Written for mathematics teachers of students ingrades 8-12, this easy-to-use resource is filled with illustrativeexamples, strategies, activities, and lessons that will helpstudents more easily understand mathematical text and learn theskills they need to effectively communicate mathematicalconcepts.  Geometry Out Loud outlines the progressionof axiomatic geometry through transformational geometry and showsthe differences in visual thinking that have occurred over theyears. The book is filled with strategies and activities forlearning geometry, numerous illustrative examples, and ready-to-uselessons. Geometry OutLoud gives teachers the tools they need to help their studentslearn how to communicate about math ideas between student andteacher, student and peers, and student and the wider world. Forquick access and easy use, the activities are printed in a big8-1/2" x 11" format for photocopying, and are organized into eightchapters.

 

THE AUTHOR

Pat Mower, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. Dr. Mower prepares preservice teachers to teach mathematics in elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Her interests include reading and writing in mathematics, and alternative methods for the teaching and learning of mathematics. She is the author of Algebra Out Loud from Jossey-Bass.