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Misunderstandings
A number of articles and activities that address misconceptions and misunderstandings about mathematical proof students may have, given this is a difficult concept.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 10
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Pythagoras and trigonometry
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M10SP01
- Publisher
- AAMT
- Copyright
- © 2014 The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) Inc. Free-for-education material.
- Keywords
- congruent angle proof
- Other terms
- GeoGebra
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