Mitigating Misconceptions of Preservice Teachers: The Relationship between Area and Perimeter
Abstract
Preservice teachers often demonstrate misconceptions regarding the non-constant relationship between area and perimeter. The author presents a sequence of hands-on instructional tasks with pentominoes to promote deep conceptual understanding of this relationship.References
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