Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ438344
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Euclid and Descartes: A Partnership.
Wasdovich, Dorothy Hoy
Mathematics Teacher, v84 n9 p706-09 Dec 1991
Presented is a method of reorganizing a high school geometry course to integrate coordinate geometry together with Euclidean geometry at an earlier stage in the course, thus enabling students to prove subsequent theorems from either perspective. Several examples contrasting different proofs from both perspectives are provided. (MDH)
Descriptors: Analytic Geometry, Curriculum Development, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Proof (Mathematics), Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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