Article: WOODWORKING AND MATHEMATICS

Article: NEGATIVE INFORMATION: David Fielker's big domino ...
Mathematics Teaching;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...In MT188, September 2004, David Helker described a number of domino problems [1], ending with a 8 7 grid of numbered squares representing a particular packing of the complete set but without the borders which would reveal their arrangement: I drew the grid with cells of 5cm edge so that I could use

Article: NET GAINS
Mathematics Teaching;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...David Fielker muses on some problems from the Easter conference. The Easter conference ... 2007) Geoff Giles and geometry, MT205, 13 [Author Affiliation] David Fielker is retired, but still writes occasionally and this year attended his ...

Article: Polygons
The Gale Encyclopedia of Science;      700+ words ... ... and interior angles are congruent. Regular polygons can be inscribed by a circle such ... sides form chords of the circle. Regular polygons are named to indicate the number of ... decagon has ten sides. Examples of regular polygons also include the familiar square and ...

Article: Roomen, Adriaan Van
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography;      700+ words ... ... hoped to publish his discoveries on regular polygons; but except for some fragments ... rule to calculate the sides of all regular polygons. He discovered three methods, one ... used algebraic equations. For all regular polygons from the triangle up to the eighty ...

Article: Tributes to Geoff Giles
Mathematics Teaching;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... understanding of mathematics but through our working together facilitate our students' understanding of mathematics". From David Fielker Geoff was almost unique in his view of the teaching of geometry. Some pure geometry lay always in the background, which ...

Article: IMAGERY, SPATIAL ABILITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING
Mathematics Teaching;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... linguistic strategies are helpful in familiar situations, for new or unfamiliar situations visual imagery is more effective. David Fielker (1993:23) provides a very useful book on the topic of mental geometry and one of his imagery tasks concerns visualising ...

Article: REFLECTIONS
Mathematics Teaching;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... me reaching for Cabri and to the internet. In particular I was charmed by www.mekanizmalar.com/fourbar01.shtml. David Fielker (pl3) starts with some ideas from Geoff Giles, but he is quickly into asking, 'what if?', opening up the possibilities ...