OMLI Geometry Team

The Oregon Mathematics Leadership Institute (OMLI) is a Math and Science Partnership aimed at increasing mathematics achievement of students in partner K–12 schools through the creation of sustainable leadership capacity. OMLI's 3-week summer institute offers both content and leadership courses for in-service teachers. OMLI is supported in part by National Science Foundation grant EHR–0412553 and by the Oregon Department of Education under ESEA Title II-B.

The OMLI Geometry Team designed and taught one of the content courses, called Comparing Geometries, which uses non-Euclidean geometry to enhance teachers' understanding of Euclidean geometry. This course was offered at the OMLI summer institutes from 2005–2007; graduate credit was available through Oregon State University. Our most recent course syllabus can be found here.

The OMLI Geometry Team consists of:

• David Damcke
• Tevian Dray
• Maria Fung
• Dianne Hart
• Lyn Riverstone

Talks:

• Using Non-Euclidean Geometry to Teach Euclidean Geometry to K–12 Teachers,
     David Damcke, Tevian Dray, Maria Fung, Dianne Hart, & Lyn Riverstone, Joint Mathematics Meetings, 2007.
• Using Protocols and Open-Ended Tasks to Promote Student Mathematical Discourse,
     Lyn Riverstone & Maria Fung, ORMATYC, 2007.   (handout)
• Exploring Concepts of Euclidean Geometry Through Comparison with Spherical and Taxicab Geometries,
     David Damcke, Tevian Dray, Maria Fung, Dianne Hart, & Lyn Riverstone, Joint Mathematics Meetings, 2008.

Papers:

• Dare to Compare?,
     David Damcke, Tevian Dray, Maria Fung, Dianne Hart, & Lyn Riverstone, TOMT, May/June 2008, 8–10.
• Using Non-Euclidean Geometry to Teach Euclidean Geometry to K–12 Teachers,
     David Damcke, Tevian Dray, Maria Fung, Dianne Hart, & Lyn Riverstone, JMTE (submitted).

Abstracts:

• Using non-Euclidean geometry to teach Euclidean geometry to K–12 teachers,
     David Damcke, Tevian Dray, Maria Fung, Dianne Hart, and Lyn Riverstone, Abstracts Amer. Math. Soc. 28, 350 (2007).
• Exploring Concepts of Euclidean Geometry Through Comparison with Spherical and Taxicab Geometries,
     Maria G. Fung, Tevian Dray, David Damcke, Lyn Riverstone, and Dianne Hart, Abstracts Amer. Math. Soc. 29, 276-277 (2008).

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