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ERIC Number: EJ557470
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Evaluation of Empowerment in a High School Geometry Class.
Ridgway, Carolyn; Healy, Christopher
Mathematics Teacher, v90 n9 p738-41 Dec 1997
Presents results from two skills surveys of Build a Book (BAB) classes in which students learn geometry by writing and editing their own textbook. Points out that this approach is reasonable and that students who had BAB classes in prior years could identify important areas of learning in addition to geometry. (ASK)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Geometry, High Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Nontraditional Education, Surveys, Textbook Preparation
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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