Today I showed you the text Thinking Mathematically by John Mason, Leone Burton, and Kaye Stacey. This revised edition takes up the processes of doing mathematics. We discussed the notions of specializing, generalizing, conjecturing, convincing and justifying.
We also looked at the three stages of a problem:
1. Entry
What do I know?
What do I want?
What can I introduce?
2. Attack
3. Review
2. Attack
3. Review
And remember that being STUCK is an honorable state!
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