AN ACTIVE LEARNING UNIT ON REAL NUMBERS
July, 1970
DALE FISHER
Appendix A from “A Feasibility Study on Active Learning With Real Numbers” an M.Ed. thesis completed by Dale Fisher in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Reprinted with permission of the author by the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association March, 1971
166 – 218
Hello, Sports Fans!
You have all heard of the soccer field and the football field. Have you heard of the real number field? It might be called a mathematical game–so let’s compare it to a game of, say, soccer!
Do you recognize the “equipment” for the real number field? You should from many of the previous activities. You should be quite familiar with most of the “plays” also. What about the rules? These are very important. Sometimes it is easier to learn these by applying them to different situations. Let’s try.