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ERIC Number: EJ1408465
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
EISSN: EISSN-2330-0582
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Construct It! Progressively Precise: Three Levels of Geometric Constructions
Carmen Petrick Smith
Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, v116 n10 p802-807 2023
Geometric constructions present an opportunity to help students develop geometric proofs and justifications while actively creating mathematical representations (Mariotti, 2001). Though traditionally carried out with paper and pencil, dynamic geometry software allows students to produce more precise constructions with greater certainty (Kondratieva, 2013). In this Construct It! activity, students must construct the circumcenter of a triangle and then justify that it is equidistant from all three vertices of the triangle. Students were given three different attempts to do this, each with different resources: physical materials, compass and ruler, and dynamic geometry software. On each attempt, they became increasingly precise in their ability to both locate the circumcenter and justify their reasoning.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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