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# Open Up Resources Blog

## Scott Hendrickson

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October 21, 2022 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum)

## [The Shifting Landscape of Teaching and Learning Geometry](https://news.openupresources.org/the-shifting-landscape-of-teaching-and-learning-geometry)

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The word *geometry* literally means “measuring the earth.” Anciently, rope stretchers surveyed the land using knotted ropes. When the rope....

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November 29, 2021 | [Blog](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/blog), [Classroom](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/classroom), [Math Curriculum](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/math-curriculum), [Open Up High School Math](https://news.openupresources.org/tag/open-up-high-school-math)

## [Five Practices (+2) for Engaging Students in the Mathematical Discourse of the Classroom](https://news.openupresources.org/five-practices-2-for-engaging-students-in-the-mathematical-discourse-of-the-classroom)

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My first decade of teaching mathematics in the 1980’s consisted of using worked-out examples and emphasizing memorized procedures. My....

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