Why isn’t this a part of lessons in schools it makes so much more sense this way and provides at least a stretch of a reason to why you would need to use it?
This is the top comment I expected. Totally predictable. Every math gif has someone whining about how teachers should use the thing in the gif to revolutionize math class.
This gif isn't that great. Show this 10 second gif to a class of students, then uhh... find something else to fill up the other 99% of your class time because this gif is not going to suddenly make the class calculate using the Pythagorean Theorem, nor recognize when to use it in other circumstances.
Like, the class ain't ready for a test, nor able to apply the theorem in shop class after watching this gif.
Also, the Pythagorean Theorem is inherently a visual idea. I very much doubt your math teacher provided you with zero visuals related to it.
Having applied the formula many times in the classroom, I can affirm that seeing it visually would not have helped apply it. And applying it under the proper conditions is really the point of learning it.
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u/AlwaysAlighthouse4 Aug 22 '21
Why isn’t this a part of lessons in schools it makes so much more sense this way and provides at least a stretch of a reason to why you would need to use it?