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Using Tool-Making to Contextualise Geometry: The Super-Size Protractor
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Sheppard, Ian – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2009
Engaging students with real-world activities can be effective in supporting the learning of mathematics, "whenever possible, real-world situations will provide a context for both introducing and applying geometric topics" (NCTM 1989). Tool making is a way to bring real-world mathematics into the classroom and using the tool is a way of…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction