Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Relationships

Objective: To discover the relationship between angles and sides of similar polygons

Students are given pairs of polygons that are similar. They are instructed to measure the angles and sides of each polygon. Corresponding sides are written as ratios. Students discuss findings and write a conjecture about what they think it means for polygons to be similar.