Studies in Mathematics, Volume V. Concepts of Informal Geometry. Preliminary Edition

The main purpose of this book is to provide background material in geometry for teachers or prospective teachers who know little or no geometry. It should be suitable as a text for a one-semester course for teachers of junior high school or upper elementary school students. Chapters contain developmental material and exercises. Chapters include: (1) Introduction; (2) Sets; (3) Logic and Geometry; (4) Abstractions and Representations; (5) Non-Metric Geometry; (6) Measurement; (7) Accuracy and Precision; (8) Congruence; (9) Parallels and Metric Properties of Triangles; (10) Areas, Volumes, and the Theorem of Pythagoras; (11) Circles, Cylinders, and Cones; (12) The Coordinate Plane and Graphs; (13) The Sphere; and (14) Non-Metric Polyhedrons. (RH)