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Canadian mathematics educator
Jill E. Britton (6 November 1944 – 29 February 2016) was a Canadian
mathematics educator known for her educational books about mathematics.
Career
Britton was born on 6 November 1944. She taught for many years, at
Dawson College in
Westmount, Quebec ,
[1] moving in the late 1980s to
Camosun College in
Victoria, British Columbia .
[1]
[2] At Camosun, she taught mathematics mainly to young women aiming to become elementary school teachers. Her own teaching had the goal of changing these students' attitude about mathematics from fear to enthusiasm.
[2] She retired in 2015, and died on 29 February 2016.
[1]
Publications
Britton was the author of mathematics books including:
Introduction to Tessellations (with Dale Seymour, Dale Seymour Publications, 1989)
[3]
Tessellation Teaching Masters (with Dale Seymour, Dale Seymour Publications, 1989)
[3]
Teaching Tessellating Art: Activities and Transparency Masters (with Walter Britton, Dale Seymour Publications, 1992)
[4]
Explorations with Tesselmania! Activities for Math and Art Classrooms (Dale Seymour Publications, 1997)
[5]
Investigating Patterns: Symmetry and Tessellations (Dale Seymour Publications, 2000)
[6]
Polyhedra Pastimes (Dale Seymour Publications, 2001)
[7]
She was also known for her "spectacular web site on symmetry and tessellations".
[8]
Recognition
Britton was the 2008–2009 winner of the Teaching Excellence Award of the
Association of Canadian Community Colleges .
[9]
References
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"Jill E. Britton, November 06, 1944 – February 29, 2016" , Times Colonist , 2 March 2016 – via Legacy.com
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a
b
Camosun math instructor wins national teaching award , Camosun College, 1 June 2009, retrieved 2020-07-31
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a
b Reviews of Introduction to Tessellations and of Tessellation Teaching Masters :
Massey, Ann (September 1990), The Mathematics Teacher , 83 (6): 482,
JSTOR
27966784 {{
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^ Review of Teaching Tessellating Art :
Foletta, Gina (January 1993), The Mathematics Teacher , 86 (1): 94–95,
JSTOR
27968142 {{
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link )
^ Review of Explorations with Tesselmania! :
Putnam, John (May 1998), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School , 3 (7): 499–500,
JSTOR
41180549 {{
citation }}
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link )
^ Reviews of Investigating Patterns :
Hart, Kathryn (November 2000), Teaching Children Mathematics , 7 (3): 190,
JSTOR
41197557 {{
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link )
de Wet, Elaine (March 2001), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School , 6 (7): 426,
JSTOR
41180993 {{
citation }}
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link )
"Review of associated web site" , Education World , 2002
^ Review of Polyhedra Pastimes :
Callahan, Deborah D. (September 2002), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School , 8 (1): 64,
JSTOR
41181235 {{
citation }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (
link )
^ Gallian, Joseph (March 2003),
"Math Awareness Month 2003: Mathematics and Art" (PDF) , Focus , 23 (3), Mathematical Association of America: 7
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"Awards of Excellence 2008-2009 Recipients" (PDF) , College Canada , vol. 14, no. 2, p. 18, Winter 2009–2010
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