 Teacher Review (Based on classroom experience)Reviewer: Susan, Jul 31 2004 11:06:00:113AM |
Classroom use in Courses and Topics: Geometry: Polygons |
Duration of classroom use: One Class |
What did students learn? They practiced classifying quadrilaterals according to their properties. |
What did students do with the resource? They manipulated the quadrilaterals and searched for elements that remained constant. |
How hard was it for students to use? Very Easy |
Other classroom comments: As long as they are told that the objects can be dragged. This is not in the instructions. We provided a worksheet with 8 blanks for the students to write down their results. Accountability is important! |
Appropriate for: practice of skills and understandings, applications of a concept or technique |
Other Comments: There is a newer version of this tool available at:
http://www.mathsnet.net/shape/ks3pola2.html
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What math does one need to know to use the resource? You should know the properties of quadrilaterals. |
What hardware expertise does one need to learn to use the resource? None |
What extra things must be done to make it work? Again, that the objects can be dragged using the mouse and the corners of the quadrilaterals. |
How hard was it for you to learn? Very Easy |
Explanation: It was easy to learn, as long as you knew that the corners could be dragged. |
Ability to meet my goals: Very Effective |
Recommended for: Geometry: Polygons |
Tool: Identify These Quadrilaterals Review