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Introductory congruence

This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project is for teachers who wish to consolidate their content knowledge on the topic of congruence, including the four triangle tests. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 8, Year 9, Year 10
Audience	Teacher, School Leader
Purpose	Content knowledge
Format	Downloadable resources
Keywords	congruence, triangles, angle, side, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Space
Topics	Angles and geometric reasoning
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M8SP01 Identify the conditions for congruence and similarity of triangles and explain the conditions for other sets of common shapes to be congruent or similar, including those formed by transformations AC9M8SP02 Establish properties of quadrilaterals using congruent triangles and angle properties, and solve related problems explaining reasoning AC9M10SP01 Apply deductive reasoning to proofs involving shapes in the plane and use theorems to solve spatial problems
Numeracy progression	Understanding geometric properties (P6, P7) Proportional thinking (P6)
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Organisation	AMSI
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