Solving Optimization Problems with Dynamic Geometry Software: The Airport Problem
This paper describes how the author’s students (in-service and pre-service secondary mathematics teachers) enrolled in college geometry courses use the Geometers’ Sketchpad (GSP) to gain insight to formulate, confirm, test, and refine conjectures to solve the classical airport problem for triangles....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia University Libraries
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/jmetc/article/view/651 |