Tessellations: A Tool for Diversity Infusions in the Curriculum

Year: 2003 Authors: Reza Sarhangi; Gabriele Meiselwitz; Goran Trajkovski

Core claim

Tessellations provide an effective tool for integrating multicultural and diversity topics into mathematics- and computer-science-oriented teaching without requiring the subject matter to be restructured around explicit diversity modules.

Topics

tessellations, diversity infusion, curriculum design, multicultural examples, repeating patterns, computers and creativity

Domains

geometry, group theory, isometries, symmetry, frieze groups, wallpaper groups, mathematical art, pattern design

Methods

course-based infusion, software-supported pattern creation, examples from artworks, classification by symmetries, classroom illustration

Media

Tessellation Exploration software, Geometer’s Sketchpad, artworks of different cultures, wallpaper and frieze pattern images, computer-generated tilings

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