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ERIC Number: EJ557466
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Table Tennis, Anyone? Using Ping-Pong To Teach the Coordinate Plane.
Foshay, John D.; Wells, Wendy L.
Mathematics Teacher, v90 n9 p712-14 Dec 1997
Presents a ping-pong activity to teach the coordinate plane that puts students in a position to experience and relate to the coordinate plane in a manner that evokes their visual, spatial, and physical senses while linking the plane with a familiar object. (ASK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Spatial Ability, Table Tennis, Thinking Skills, Trigonometry, Visualization
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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