First post on here, so thought I'd share something I wrote a while back. A workbook for constructions and loci. It aims to solve a few common problems:
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1) Provide lots more practice making circles and nothing else. There are no blank pages at the start for solely practising making circles, but I would always recommend doing that first.
2) Go into more depth on each construction before moving on so that students become familiar with the language early. E.g. shading (more than/less than), showing points, use of scales.
3) Interleave where possible. Hence circles then perpendicular bisectors then circles with perpendicular bisectors before adding the complexity of other constructions.
4) Provide a CRUCIAL 'which construction would you make given this instruction' activity, so students can identify which construction is required in each context.
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