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ERIC Number: EJ201939
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Apr
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Reference Count: 0
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Motivating Pythagoras with Pappus.
Olson, Melfried; Aichele, Douglas B.
School Science and Mathematics, v79 n4 p299-302 Apr 1979
This activity involved constructing parallelograms on the sides of an arbitrary triangle and discovering a relationship between the areas of the parallelograms. (MP)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry, Instruction, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Area; Pythagorean Theorem