Abstract
The editorial panel chose the topic of geometry for a focus issue because we wanted to promote an increase in the attention given to geometry and measurement for all students in all grades. We identify with the observation by Marjorie Senechal in her essay “Shape,” in which she notes that “the role of geometry is a perennial issue in mathematics education at all levels from elementary school to graduate school.” As she discusses some of these issues, she observes that “the teaching of geometry is defended on the grounds that it serves external purposes, rather than on the importance of the subject in its own right” (Senechal 1990).
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