The Pattern Project: Designing Educational Material Combining Fashion and Mathematics

Year: 2024 Authors: Tess Geerts

Core claim

A simplified shirt-pattern activity can teach first-years high school mathematics through hands-on fashion making, rather than using mathematics only as a tool for calculation.

Topics

STEM education, shirt pattern design, mathematics in fashion, hands-on making

Domains

algebra, geometry, graphs, parabolas, fashion design, sewing pattern drafting, industrial design, craft education

Methods

design research, user tests, pattern analysis, educational exercise design

Media

fabric prototype, sublimation printing, centimeter grid, hand-drawn parabolas

Source status

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