Learning and Doing Mathematics

ISBN-13: 9781858530499 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 100 str.

QED Press

Opis

Have you ever been stuck on a problem? If so, this book is for you
In it you will find strategies for getting unstuck and on the move again. This book also shows how to transform potential "confrontations" with problems into situations where you "own" the problem and develop skills so you don't get stuck again.
The book is for anyone interested in learning - especially parents, teachers, trainers and students of all ages. Although most of the problems are mathematical in flavor, they are accessible to anyone with an interest in the subject, and the resolutions proposed apply across the curriculum and to everyday situations in modern life. Thus one reviewer refers to "the author's splendid treatment of practical events: Watching the sunrise, opening a freezer door, passing a street lamp - typical evets in a typical John Mason day. Professor Mason's unique presentation skills are world-renowned, as are the profound yet accessible works produced by the Centre for Mathematics Education at the Open University, which he heads.
In addition to six chapters, a new preface, and five thought-provoking "interludes," this book also containsL guides to further reading and websites; many diagrams; and 15 pages of new material.
REVIEWS FOR THE FIRST EDITION
"An excellent resource - an impressive, carefully chosen array of examples - I will certainly recommend it" John Bayliss, The Mathematics Gazette
"Fresh, lively and energetic - we should be grateful that old-fashioned liberals such as Professor Mason still exist, and are even supported by the DES, and we should buy their books before they are banned " - Rolph Schwarzenberger, Mathematics Teaching

Learning and Doing MathematicsSecond EditionJohn Mason, formerly Professor of Mathematical Education at the Open UniversityLearning and Doing is for anyone keen to develop learning skills or to enhance their problem-solving powers. It will help you develop your own strategies by recognising blockages and then using the techniques of generalizing and specializing to identify routes to a solution. Examples are varied. Many are mathematical in flavour, but they are accessible to anyone with an interest in the subject and the methods proposed apply across the curriculum and indeed to everyday situations in modern life. Developed at the Open University, all the material is tried and tested. Professor Masons style is relaxed and colloquial - accessible to all, whether a teacher wanting to use it for examples and fresh ways to inspire, or a parent or student wanted to boost their learning and broaden their mathematical thinking. Contents:• Specializing • Generalizing• Specializing and Generalizing Together• Convincing Yourself and Others• When is an Argument Valid?• Further Food for Thought• Five Interludes are presented between the chapter - to provoke practical mathematical thinking, and have some fun.Reviews of the First Edition"An excellent resource...an impressive, carefully chosen array of examples...I will certainly recommend it." John Baylis, The Mathematical Gazette"Fresh, lively and energetic...we should buy [his] books before they are banned."Ralph Schwarzenberger, Mathematics Teaching