Chess in the Geometry Classroom.

Whitman, Nancy C.

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Chess in the Geometry Classroom

Whitman, Nancy C.

Mathematics Teacher, 68, 1, 71-72, Jan 75

A teacher tells how she uses the game of chess to introduce students to formal geometry by drawing analogies between rules of chess and deductive systems. (JP)

Descriptors: Deduction, Educational Games, Geometry, Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods

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