Teaching mathematics by visual scaffolding

Visual scaffolding is a natural support to learning mathematics since most mathematical concepts are first distilled visually i.e. a concept is conceived as having a specific visual beginning, and a defined

Visual representations of the difference of two squares

Students’ understanding of mathematics is a function of the quality and quantity of the connections of a concept with other concepts. As I always say in this blog, ‘To understand

A challenging complex number problem with solution

This complex number problem was selected on the basis of its uniqueness in terms of phrasing things within the Argand diagram/locus context. While my proposed solutions might be short, bear