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Thanks || About T2T View entire discussion Proofs are tough,
especially since most kids today don't like to learn the
postulates or basic axioms necessary to build the idea of the
proof. They want a quick fix, rather than a structured argument.
Here are a couple of ideas you might try. Have the class work in
groups to write down a "paragraph" explanation of how they can
go from the "given" to the "proven." Perhaps you can offer some
incentive for the group with the best explanation. You can take
those and analyze the thinking better. Maybe you could videotape
the students sharing the best ones. Getting the best ones may
take a while. Before this, you might want to give them all the
pieces of a proof. This would take time and you might want to
eventually laminate the pieces for re-use. Give each group
different "sets" of items of the proof, and throw in some
incorrect steps. Perhaps manipulating the pieces would motivate
them. It should create so