Rediscovering mathematics : you do the math /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
Mathematical Association of America,
c2011.
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| Series: | Classroom resource materials
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: How to read mathematics
- Mathematical discovery in the classroom
- Don't reach for your calendar (Yet)
- Have another piece of pie, Zeno?
- Thinking like a mathematician- Lessons from a medieval rabbi
- What is mathematics good for?
- Three averages
- Algorithms- the unexpected role of pure mathematics
- Pythagoras' theorem and math by pictures
- Memorizing versus understanding
- Games and gambling
- Soccer balls and counting tricks
- Pizza Pi and area
- Back to the classroom.