Ms Kontos Wants Students in Her Geometry Class to Learn

question 13

Multiple Choice

Ms. Kontos wants students in her geometry class to learn and remember how to calculate the area of a rectangle. To be sure her students will learn the procedure successfully, which one of the following should Ms. Kontos not do?

• A) Explain how calculating the area of a rectangle is similar to something they have already learned: calculating the area of a square.
• B) Have her students calculate the area of such rectangles as the classroom, their desk tops, and their books.
• C) Give her students lots of paper-pencil practice in calculating the area of rectangles.
• D) Make sure her students are quite anxious about an upcoming quiz on calculating the area of rectangles.

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