From: Ken Clements <clements@shbie.ubd.edu.bn>
To: Teacher2Teacher Service
Date: May 05, 2001 at 22:25:42
Subject: Teaching and learning of the circle theorems

Dear "out there"

I am supervising a Master of Education student (Ms Khoo Siew Chin) who is
investigating the teaching and learning of geometry with Form 5 (i.e.,
Grade 11) students in an upper secondary school in Brunei Darussalam.

We would appreciate any help which people "out there," especially in
regard to references of articles on the above topic, or something similar.
We would be particularly interested in:

1. A summary of the methodology and results of any relevant studies.
2. Whether the circle theorems are "proved" (as opposed to merely "applied").
3. The actual words of a statement which apparently appeared in a 1922 (or
thenabouts) report on the "Teaching of Geometry" by the Mathematical
Association in the UK, with respect to the circle theorems.
4. Thoughts on whether the circle theorems should still be part of the
secondary mathematics curriculum.

Khoo Siew Chin would be pleased to send interested persons an electronic
copy of her dissertation when it is complete (which should be about July,
2001). She has used an anthropological methodology, and her results are
fascinating.

Best wishes -- I wonder if anyone will read this!

Ken Clements
Professor of Mathematics Education
Universiti Brunei Darussalam

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