The house of quadrilaterals

In Investigating an Ordering of Quadrilaterals published in ZDM, Gunter Graumann shared a good activity for developing students mathematical thinking. The activity is about ordering quadrilaterals based on its characteristics. He gave the following

Teaching maximum area problem with GeoGebra

Remember that classic maximum area problem? Here’s a version of it: Pam wishes to fence off a rectangular vegetable garden in her backyard. She has 18 meters of  fencing wire which

Teaching mathematics with GeoGebra

GeoGebra constructions are great and it’s fun ‘watching’ them especially if you know the mathematics they are demonstrating. If you don’t and most students don’t then we have a bit

How to scaffold problem solving in geometry

Scaffolding is a metaphor for describing a type of facilitating a teacher does to support students’ own making sense of things. It is usually in the form of questions or additional