Practical Exercises In Geometry For Beginners PDF Download

Excerpt from Practical Exercises in Geometry This book is an attempt to adapt the experimental method to the teaching of Geometry in schools. The main object of this method, sometimes called "heuristic," is to make the student think for himself, to give him something to do with his hands for which the brain must be called in as a fellow-worker. The plan has been tried with success in the laboratory, and it seems to be equally well-suited to the Mathematical class-room. Care has been taken to select exercises which can be easily performed in an ordinary room with ordinary materials. Doubtless there are many experiments, which might have been included, missing from the following collection; but it is hoped that the course will be found sufficient, or at least that it will indicate a way of presenting the work to a beginner. It is impossible to make the earlier exercises too easy, or the instructions too explicit; but the feeling of helplessness, which besets so many when they are asked to carry out printed instructions, disappears in time, and the student gains confidence as he goes on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.