Teaching and Learning Geometry

Doug French is Lecturer in Education at the University of Hull. He is an experienced author, his books include Teaching and Learning Algebra (Continuum).

'[T]his is an important book which deserves a wide readership amongst student teachers and serving teachers at all levels of experience...For all concerned with the learning and teaching of mathematics generally and geometry specifically, I commend this book to you.' ~ Geoff Tennant, University of Leicester, The Mathematical Gazette

• The role of geometry; Learning geometry; Beginnings: experimental geometry; Polygons: symmetry and angle properties Constructions and congruence; Perimeter, area and volume; Enlargement and similarity; The theory of Pythagoras; The circle; Linking algebra and geometry; Polyhedra; Vector geometry.