Spirograph Patterns and Circular Representations of Rhythm: Exploring Number Theory Concepts Through Visual, Tangible and Audible Representations

Year: 2009 Authors: Susan Gerofsky; Francisco Gomez; David Rappaport; Godfried Toussaint

Core claim

Multisensory representations can make least common multiples, periodicity, and factorization intuitively graspable through seeing, hearing, and feeling rhythms.

Topics

periodicity, factorization, multisensory representation, rhythm

Domains

number theory, least common multiple, divisibility, modular patterns, music, visual patterning, tangible design, kinesthetic learning

Methods

number line rhythm exercise, clapping and tapping, spirographic pattern exploration, circular rhythm representation

Media

paper number line, hands and feet, musical instrument, polygonal wheel

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