1st Edition
John Mason Professor Leone Burton Professor Kaye
Stacey
1982 224 pages 0201-10238-2
(Paperback)
Thinking Mathematically
unfolds the processes which lie at the heart of mathematics. It demonstrates how to
encourage, develop, and foster the processes which seem to come naturally to
mathematicians. In this way, a deep seated awareness of the nature of mathematical
thinking can grow. The book is increasingly used to provide students at a tertiary level
with some experience of mathematical thinking processes.
Introduction;
Everyone can Start;
Phases of Work;
Responses to Being Stuck;
ATTACK: Conjecturing;
ATTACK: Justifying and Convincing;
Still STUCK?;
Developing an Internal Monitor;
On Becoming Your Own Questioner;
Developing Mathematical Thinking;
Something to Think About;
Bibliography