
College Geometry Using The Geometer's Sketchpad®
Key College Publishing
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2006
Book
Mixed media product
XX, 300 pages
978-1-931914-54-3 (ISBN)
Description
College Geometry Using The Geometer's Sketchpad(R) is unique in its truly discovery based approach to learning geometry with complete integration of Sketchpad. Through explorations of topics ranging from triangles and circles to transformational, taxicab, and hyperbolic geometries, students hone their understanding of geometry and their ability to write rigorous mathematical proofs. It is an ideal text for students planning to teach at the middle or secondary level. Each chapter follows the same format to best promote active learning:
- Activities open each chapter allowing students the opportunity to explore topics and make conjectures using Sketchpad
- Discussions cover important theorems and concepts that solidify the conjectures made in the activities
- Exercises reinforce the discussions and advance student expertise with Sketchpad
- Each new copy of the book is packaged with a valuable CD-ROM with Sketchpad documents that relate directly to the material in the text
- These multi-page documents provide a starting point for every activity and provide dynamic interactive versions of all the figures in the text.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Emeryville, CA
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Students and future secondary teachers, practitioners
Illustrations
80 s/w Zeichnungen
80 black & white line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 25.4 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
ISBN-13
978-1-931914-54-3 (9781931914543)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Using The Geometer's Sketchpad: Exploration and Conjecture.- Mathematical Arguments and Triangle Geometry.- Circle Geometry, Robust Constructions, and Proofs.- Analytic Geometry.- Taxicab Geometry.-Transformational Geometry.- Isometries and Matrices.- Symmetry in the Plane.- The Hyperbolic Plane.- Projective Geometry.- Appendix A- Trigonometry.- Appendix B- Calculating with Matrices.