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Reasoning in Geometry

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Perspectives on the Teaching of Geometry for the 21st Century

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Orly’s doctoral research was devoted to studying the processes of justification and proving in geometry, used by the pupils she taught in the 9th and 10th grade. After two years of research her findings lead her in a new direction.

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Hershkowitz, R. et al. (1998). Reasoning in Geometry. In: Mammana, C., Villani, V. (eds) Perspectives on the Teaching of Geometry for the 21st Century. New ICMI Study Series, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5226-6_3

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