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Symmetry: Culture and Science
Volume 32, Number 2, pages 273-276 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2021_2_273

LALVANI’S PENTILES TESSELLATION SYSTEM AT EXPERIENCE WORKSHOP’S EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

Kristóf Fenyvesi*

* Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Experience Workshop Global STEAM Movement, Finland
E-mail: kristof.fenyvesi@jyu.fi
Web: https://www.experienceworkshop.org
ORCID: 0000-0001-5416-376X

Abstract: Haresh Lalvani’s Pentiles is a tessellation system with a great potential in education. Lalvani Studio and the Experience Workshop International STEAM Network are focusing on further development of Pentiles as an educational toolkit and a recreational game with several connections to symmetry and asymmetry.

Keywords: pentiles, STEAM, tessellation, symmetry education.

References:
Fathauer, R. (2020). Tessellations: Mathematics, Art, and Recreation. CRC Press, 464 pp. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429197123

Germain-Williams, T. (2017). Teaching Children to Love Problem Solving. A Reference from Birth through Adulthood. World Scientific, 140 pp. https://doi.org/10.1142/10415

Herrmann, D.L., Sally Jr, P.J. (2012). Number, Shape, & Symmetry: An Introduction to Number Theory, Geometry, and Group Theory. CRC Press, 444 pp. https://doi.org/10.1201/b12926

Lalvani, H. (2021a) Pentiles: A 2D Design Kit. Unpublished Manuscript.

Lalvani, H. (2021b) Pentiles: Discovery and Concepts. Symmetry, Culture and Science, 32, 2, 129-132. https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2021_2_129

Parviainen, P. (2019). The development of early mathematical skills – a theoretical framework for a holistic model. Journal of Early Childhood Education Research, 8, 1, 162-191. https://jecer.org/fi/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Parviainen-issue8-1.pdf

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