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by unlogic 3464 days ago
I enjoy the game a lot, but I disagree that it has that much of educational value. Without pre-existing geometry knowledge (e.g. similar triangles; median, bisector, and altitude in an isosceles triangle) the way to solve puzzles is only to randomly screw around. The game then doesn't give any explanation why that solution works.
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After randomly screw around I usually wonder why my solution worked. If I didn't do that it will be much harder to solve the next, more challenging level. Now I'm playing on beta level packs (just one pack after the first one) and it takes time to solve the puzzle if I only randomly screw around.
I have been using this to teach my two daughters (10 and 14) geometry. Would love to find more sites like this that make teaching maths fun. I do, however, give them hints on how to solve the puzzles and explain the theory of how it works.