Now as I begin to teach Geometry for the first time, it is terrifying. It has never been my favorite piece of mathematics, but then I know how the students feel that approach it apprehensively.
Today I introduced
conditionals, converses, inverses, and contraposatives.
These are very confusing words with very similar meanings so I devised this to help my students distinguish between the three.
Conditionals: original if-then statement
Converse: exchange the hypothesis and the conclusion
"Conman"- Can't stay in one plate, they will get caught! Conmen must move places.
Inverse: Negate the hypothesis and the the conclusion
"Infant" - Like a small child, says no to everything!
Contrapositive: Exchange and negate both the hypothesis and the conclusion
"Conman's child" - If a conman had a child, they would have both of the above characteristics.
It's a way that helps me remember it. Hopefully it will help the kids. I'll let you know.
-Teaching to learn and learning to teach
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