What did you learn?
It’s amazing to me how much of this stuff I still remember from high school. I don’t think I’ve constructed a perpendicular bisector with a compass since about 1990, but I did it so many times back then (and liked geometry so much) that it stuck with me.
Have I mentioned that I love geometry? Also, constructions make good art.
What questions do you still have?
I feel like too many of my students don’t like math. It seems like an abnormally large number of people, given that math is so ubiquitous. I want to know how I can find a way to help my students learn to like math more than they do.
How can it apply to classroom practice?
Maybe I need to start by asking them some questions about their feelings and history with math.
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