Learning Origami

Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Amanda Marston, a student at Andover College in the Early Childhood Teacher Education Program, practices origami during a class at the Downtown Education Collaborative on Lisbon Street in Lewiston Wednesday morning. Eva J. Szillery PhD, was teaching the class where she has an exhibit of her work on display. The exhibit is supported by a scholarship from the Harward Center for Community Partnerships of Bates College. The goal of the exhibit is to show the benefits of modular origami for learning mathematics, spatial relationships, fine motor skills and other things. Szillery is the founder of the Maine Junior Engineering Technical Society, state director of the American Mathematics Competitions, and director of the Maine Mathematics Science and Engineering Talent Search Program. She is the recipient of the University of Maine 2005 Outstanding Teacher Award given to her for programming Excellence for motivating learners of all ages.

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Eva J. Szillery PhD shows off some examples of origami she created for her current exhibit. Examples of Szillery

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Examples of Eva J. Szillery PhD modular origami shapes will be on display through April 15 at the DEC Center of Bates College in Lewiston. The exhibit is supported by a scholarship from the Harward Center for Community Partnerships of Bates College. The goal of the exhibit is to show the benefits of modular origami for learning mathematics, spatial relationships, fine motor skills and other things.