Mathematics · Pedagogy of Mathematics
A student in class VIII states: 'Since the diagonal of a parallelogram divides it into two equal triangles, the formula for the area of a triangle is equal to 12 × (area of the parallelogram).' Which of the following most appropriately describes this situation?
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- 1Formulas need to be memorized directly and cannot be arrived at by such conjectures.
- 2Students generally formulate wrong ideas, hence arrive at wrong conclusions.
- 3Such discussions need to be encouraged in a mathematics classroom.✓
- 4Such arguments have no place in a mathematics classroom.
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Such discussions need to be encouraged in a mathematics classroom.
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