Category: Geometric Measurement and Dimension

A whole bunch of questions about right triangles

Post author By mpershan
Post date February 20, 2013
2 Comments on A whole bunch of questions about right triangles

What other mistakes would you expect to see from this problem? How do you teach so as to help students avoid these pitfalls?

Thanks to Tina Cardone for the submission.

Geometric Measurement and Dimension Geometry High School: Geometry Pythagorean Theorem Quadrilaterals Similarity, Right Triangles and Trigonometry

Baseball Fields and Geometry

Post author By mpershan
Post date November 7, 2012
1 Comment on Baseball Fields and Geometry

What made this question hard for the student? How come they got it wrong? Why did the student get it wrong in this particular way?

Today’s submission comes from Tina Cardone, who blogs at Drawing On Math.

Geometric Measurement and Dimension Geometry

Hexagons!

Define “Hexagon”:

What does this student know about hexagons? What does the student think he knows, but doesn’t? What does the mistake reveal about his thinking, and what would you do to help?