Monograph No. 2: September 1974
MATHEMATICS TEACHING – The State of the Art
Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association
26 – 33
The Nonsense in My Little Girl’s Geometry Program
W. GEORGE CATHCART
Mathematics educators have devoted considerable energy to justifying the inclusion of geometry as a legitimate content area in the elementary school mathematics program. (Vigilante, 1965; Robinson, 1966; Inskeep, 1968; and Vance, 1973 are some examples.)