"Messing Around" in GeoGebra: Online Inquiry Through Apps and Games
Forest Fisher — Guttman Community College (CUNY)
Abstract
This article explores a problem solving strategy called "messing around" that is particularly apt for online course work in GeoGebra. While traditional math problems may require students to search deliberately for a specific solution, messing around employs a more fortuitous approach. We dissect this approach and examine multiple GeoGebra apps that support messing around by providing students with a sandbox for mathematical experimentation.
Keywords: problem solving, online inquiry, hanging out, messing around, geeking out, GeoGebra
Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · ISSN 2162-3856 · North American GeoGebra Journal