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Nirode, Wayne – Mathematics Teacher, 2018
When the author first started teaching twenty years ago, he thought that as long as he was using dynamic geometry software (DGS) for students to "discover" conjectures instead of them learning the conjectures from a lecture or the textbook, he was maximizing their learning potential because they were using technology. Over the years, he…
Descriptors: Geometry, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
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Nirode, Wayne – Mathematics Teacher, 2016
A part of high school geometry is devoted to the study of parallelograms in the context of proving some of their properties using congruent triangles (CCSSI 2010). The typical high school geometry book's chapter on quadrilaterals focuses on parallelograms (e.g., their properties, proving that a given quadrilateral is a parallelogram, and special…
Descriptors: Geometry, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
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Nirode, Wayne – Mathematics Teacher, 2014
Geometry students need challenges. They need to apply what they already know to new contexts. As a result, high school teacher Wayne Nirode is always looking for groups of related problems of theorems to challenge his geometry students. He came across one such group or problems when reading Jun's (2012) one-page abstract posted online for the 12th…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts
Nirode, Wayne – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined teachers' use of student tasks involving dynamic geometry software, in which a figure is constructed then altered while maintaining its constructed properties. Although researchers, professional organizations, and policy makers generally have been proponents of dynamic geometry for instruction, there is little research about…
Descriptors: Geometry, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Teachers