Perceptions of a Quadrilateral in a Dynamic Environment (a chapter from "Medium and Meaning: Video Papers in Mathematics Education Research, JRME Monograph #13")

By Paul Goldenberg and N. Shteingold

On paper, a quadrilateral appears however you draw it, and has whatever characteristics you ascribe to it. In a dynamic environment, points can be dragged so that the figure becomes a "triangle with an extra marked point on one side" or even self-intersecting, challenging students' ideas about what a quadrilateral is, and what properties are truly independent of the configuration of points. This video paper shows students' thinking as they investigate this situation.

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