An investigation leading to the Pythagorean property

It becomes very frustrating for a high school pupil to try to understand a long, involved, and rigorous proof, when he has no fundamental grasp of what he is trying to prove.

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Published in:The Arithmetic teacher 1967-10, Vol.14 (6), p.500-504
Main Author: FROELICH, EFFIE
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
In the classroom
Irrational numbers
Learning
Logical proofs
Numbers
Property titles
Pythagoreanism
Trapezoids
Triangles
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Summary:It becomes very frustrating for a high school pupil to try to understand a long, involved, and rigorous proof, when he has no fundamental grasp of what he is trying to prove.
ISSN:0004-136X
DOI:10.5951/AT.14.6.0500