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Direct linkBurke, Jeremy; Cowen, Sheara; Fernandez, Sainza; Wesslen, Maria – Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2006
In this article, the authors talk about transformation geometry being treated as little more than a set of tricks rather than as a mathematically rigorous topic. This appears to lead to pupils seeing little point in studying "reflections, rotations and translations" as other than examinable items in some future test. Following the argument…
Descriptors: Transformations (Mathematics), Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 7
