Teaching Analytic Geometry with Geometer's Sketchpad

Author: Tao Weilin
Publisher: Tsinghua University Press
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Features: The book is divided into 6 chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the basic features of the Geometer's Sketchpad software; Chapter 2 introduces the application of Geometer's Sketchpad in various subjects of mathematics; Chapters 3 to 5 follow the order of the corresponding chapters in the senior high school textbook Plane Analytic Geometry, divided into "Lines," "Conic Sections," and "Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates." The main teaching content is divided into several thematic units based on sections. Each chapter includes several examples of teaching plane analytic geometry using Geometer's Sketchpad. Over 160 courseware created by the author are collected in the accompanying CD-ROM.