1997 Volume 2 Number 2
Compass Constructions: A Vehicle For Promoting Understanding
And Higher Order Thinking Skills


Lim Suat Khoh

Abstract: Compass constructions refer to standard procedures for constructing geometrical entities such as angle bisectors using compasses and straight edge only. These constructions are usually taught as a series of fixed steps without any justification of why the methods work. This article outlines a scheme of activities which provides links between the compass constructions required in the Singapore Mathematics Syllabus and other topics in the syllabus with extensions to problem Solving.

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