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Using Geometer’s Sketchpad to Explore, Conjecture, and Enjoy

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Acknowledgments

We wish to thank Nathalie Sinclair for her helpful comments while reading an earlier version of this snapshot, as well as Paul Goldenberg for his insightful tip. We would like to thank the editors for their helpful comments.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA

    Scott Fallstrom & Marion I. Walter

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This column will publish short (from just a few paragraphs to ten or so pages), lively and intriguing computer-related mathematics vignettes. These vignettes or snapshots should illustrate ways in which computer environments have transformed the practice of mathematics or mathematics pedagogy. They could also include puzzles or brain-teasers involving the use of computers or computational theory. Snapshots are subject to peer review. From the Column Editor Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University. e-mail: uri@northwestern.edu.

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Fallstrom, S., Walter, M.I. Using Geometer’s Sketchpad to Explore, Conjecture, and Enjoy. Int J Comput Math Learning 14, 183–194 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-009-9147-9

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