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Thinking Mathematically 2nd edition


Thinking Mathematically 2nd edition

Paperback by Mason, J; Burton, L.; Stacey, K.

Thinking Mathematically

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ISBN:
9780273728917
Publication Date:
6 May 2010
Edition/language:
2nd edition / English
Publisher:
Pearson Education Limited
Pages:
264 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 1 - 2 May 2024
Thinking Mathematically

Description

Thinking Mathematically is perfect for anyone who wants to develop their powers to think mathematically, whether at school, at university or just out of interest. This book is invaluable for anyone who wishes to promote mathematical thinking in others or for anyone who has always wondered what lies at the core of mathematics. Thinking Mathematically reveals the processes at the heart of mathematics and demonstrates how to encourage and develop them. Extremely practical, it involves the reader in questions so that subsequent discussions speak to immediate experience.

Contents

1. Everyone can start 2. Phases of work 3. Responses to being STUCK 4. ATTACK: conjecturing 5. ATTACK: justifying and convincing 6. Still STUCK? 7. Developing an internal monitor 8. On becoming your own questioner 9. Developing mathematical thinking 10. Something to think about 11. Thinking mathematically in curriculum topics Bibliography &nb

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