Online Geometry Workshop: Deductive Reasoning
Mon, Dec 14
|Online
The official title of this 6-session workshop is Teaching Deductive Reasoning through Games, Philosophy, and Geometric Constructions.
Time & Location
Dec 14, 2020, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Online
About the event
Schedule: 6-sessions, Meeting Tuesday and Thursday on Zoom for 3 weeks for one-hour live sessions with Michael Waski.
- Cost: $195 USD
- Webinar dates: January 12, 14, 19, 21,26, 28 ; All at 7:00pm ET-US
Course content:
Session 1: Deductive Reasoning through Games
Deductive vs. Inductive Reasoning: An Introduction
Guess My Number Game
Clueless Crosswords
Color Square Game
Other Games
Session 2: Introduction to Formal Logic
Basic Truth Tables
Compound Truth Tables
Implications
Tautologies and Contradictions
Logical Equivalences
Session 3: Greek Philosophy and Axiomatic Systems
The Quest for Truth: Philosophy and Mathematics
The MU Puzzle
Euclid’s Definitions, Postulates, and Common Notions
The Parallel Postulate (Time Permitting)
Session 4: The Six Basic Constructions
Equilateral Triangle
Perpendicular Bisector
Perpendicular through a Point on the Line
Perpendicular through a Point not on the Line
Angle Bisector
Copying an Angle
Session 5: Extensions with the Constructions Part 1
May Include:
constructing all types of triangles
all quadrilaterals
regular polygons
centers of triangles
tangents
square roots
inscribing and circumscribing figures
dissecting segments
demonstrating geometric theorems
Session 6: Extensions with the Constructions Part 2
Continuation of Session 5
Conclusion
Format: 6 live-webinars with lesson instruction, then optional independent work and videos. (All webinars will be recorded and shared with participants.)
Wish to purchase Teaching Geometry to the Adolescent: A Montessori Approach? Follow this link.
Certificates of Completion will be emailed to the participants at the conclusion of the workshop (16Â hours)
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