Measurement and Decomposition : Making Sense of the Area of a Circle / Dana C. Cox and Jane-Jane Lo.

As a component of a course on geometry for preservice elementary teachers (PSTs), we derive area formulas for a variety of polygons including triangles, quadrilaterals, and both regular and irregular shapes whose areas can be measured empirically using decomposition. Decomposing a circle to justify...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Authors:	Cox, Dana C., Lo, Jane-Jane (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2019.
Subjects:	Mathematics Instruction. Geometry. Preservice Teacher Education. Elementary School Teachers. Geometric Concepts. Concept Formation. Teaching Methods. Preservice Teachers. Spatial Ability. Knowledge Base for Teaching. Mathematical Logic.