Ms Kontos Wants Students in Her Geometry Class to Learn

Multiple Choice

Ms. Kontos wants students in her geometry class to learn and remember how to calculate the area of a rectangle. To be sure her students will learn the procedure successfully, which one of the following should Ms. Kontos not do?

A) Explain how calculating the area of a rectangle is similar to something they have already learned: calculating the area of a square.
B) Have her students calculate the area of such rectangles as the classroom, their desk tops, and their books.
C) Give her students lots of paper-pencil practice in calculating the area of rectangles.
D) Make sure her students are quite anxious about an upcoming quiz on calculating the area of rectangles.