Conjectures in Geometry and The Geometer's Sketchpad
Claudia Giamati · Mathematics Teacher Learning and Teaching PK-12 · 1995
The Geometer's Sketchpad lets the user explore simple, as well as highly complex, theorems and relations in geometry. Although the user interface takes time to learn, students can use it to test a wide variety of conjectures once they have mastered this construction tool. The Geometer's Sketchpad has the ability to record students' constructions as A scripts. The most useful aspect of scripting one's constructions is that students can test whether their constructions work in general or whether they have discovered a special case.