Mathematics · Mathematics Pedagogy
A student in class VIII states that: '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 parallelogram).' Which one of the following most appropriately describes the given situation?
- 1The formulae need to be learnt 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.
Correct answer
Such discussions need to be encouraged in a mathematics classroom.
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