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The point of the Geometry course in that curriculum is to teach the student how to do proofs. The Geometry itself is secondary.
by drdec 6y ago
The point of the Geometry course in that curriculum is to teach the student how to do proofs. The Geometry itself is secondary.
- jacobolus 6y agoUnfortunately this is typically done in a counterproductive way. See http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/TiMER/Schoenfeld%20(1988)%20Good%20Teach%20Bad%20Results-2.pdf http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/TiMER/Schoenfeld%20(1988)%20Good%...
- shadowofneptune 6y agoBeliefs 1–4 on page 151 are exactly what I thought about geometry until later in college. Thanks for the article, it's fascinating.