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ERIC Number: EJ668660
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
More Meaning from the Geometric Mean.
Dorner, Bryan C.
Mathematics Teacher, v96 n2 p142-46 Feb 2003
Provides classroom suggestions for combining numerical, algebraic, and geometric techniques with the understanding of a simple method for computing square roots. Historical origins of the method illustrate the debt owed to ancient minds living in what are now India, Pakistan, Iraq, and Egypt. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Algebra, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics History, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Square Roots