Description Of The Geoboards
experience of it. Similarly, while the regular dodecagon board contains two regular hexagons, for some purposes it is more convenient to have only the one hexagon marked. The regular pentagon is the least productive of all the Geoboards and is of very limited use, but this is in itself of interest in that it will show that certain situations are easily exhausted while others are very fruitful. With the double regular hexagon, formed of two hexagons having one side in common, questions can be put which cannot be put on any other board. The Geoboards should be given to the pupils to handle. They should be used by the teacher for demonstration only, when a question is to be put to the class by means of gestures.
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