Engaging students' geometric reasoning with geometry chats

Rick Anderson; Peter S. Wiles

Engaging students' geometric reasoning with geometry chats

Eastern Illinois University

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Abstract

The authors describe a 'Geometry chat' as an instructional strategy analogous to 'Number talks' in which students decompose and recompose shapes rather than break numbers apart and then put them back together.

Original language	American English
Journal	Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
Volume	24
State	Published - 2019

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Educational Methods
Science and Mathematics Education

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