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G.CO.10 Isosceles Triangles Proofs

Problems with Proofs

The proof above isn’t great. In the comments, take on any of the following questions (or any others):

  1. Sometimes kids slap stuff together when they’re confused, and other times they’re substantively mistaken. Which is this, and what evidence supports your position?
  2. How would you help this student recognize that the logic in his proof doesn’t flow?
  3. What would your next steps be in working with this student? What sorts of problems would you ask him/her to solve?
  4. From the picture above, what evidence of knowledge do we have?