Instructors' Resources for Geometric Structures

This website contains documents intended to help teachers use the text Geometric Structures by Douglas B. Aichele and John Wolfe.

NOTE: This site is very much under active construction. Additional documents will be added through the summer and into the fall of 2007.

• Basic Guidelines for Course Management

This short 9 page document is intended to help you get started using the Geometric Structures textbook.

• Chapter Outlines: Core and Optional APs

This document is to be an aide in picking and choosing among the many activities in the text. A table for each chapter identifies core and optional activities.

• Using Study Teams in the Delivery of Instruction

The following are discussed as an introduction to Study Teams: What is a Learning Group?; Some Logistical Issues Concerning Study Teams; Characteristics of Effective Study Teams. After this introduction, there is a comprehensive discussion of the GeoSET Study Team Model. The actual templates for classroom/syllabus use are provided for immediate copying. Midterm and final individual assessment instruments concerning this model are also provided. Information from the research literature on the history and use of learning groups, and the related role of mathematics in schools are discussed in the appendices for those interested in knowing how we got where we are today.

Any questions? Please contact either of the authors:

Douglas Aichele: aichele@math.okstate.edu

John Wolfe wolfe@math.okstate.edu