Similarity : Exploring the Understanding of a Geometric Concept. Technical Report 88-15 / Daniel Chazan.

Previous work has identified four areas of difficulty that students seem to have with the topic of similarity: (1) understanding the definition of similarity; (2) proportional reasoning; (3) dimensional growth relationships; and (4) correspondences in right triangle similarity. This paper reports th...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Chazan, Daniel
Corporate Authors:	Educational Technology Center, Cambridge, MA, Educational Technology Center (Cambridge, Mass.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988.
Subjects:	Computer Assisted Instruction. Computer Oriented Programs. Geometric Concepts. Geometric Constructions. Geometry. Mathematics Curriculum. Mathematics Education. Mathematics Instruction. Plane Geometry. Ratios (Mathematics) Secondary Education. Secondary School Mathematics. Solid Geometry. Volume (Mathematics)