"To me, mathematics is a discipline that seeks understanding of the patterns and structures of constructs of the human mind. Understanding has no end to its depth, and mathematics seeks the highest standards of understanding by demanding rigor in its foundations and in its development..." "If ...
Sometimes a beloved speaker — like Bill Dunham, who just hours before had delivered a fabulous lecture on century-old Bryn Mawr entrance exams — drew surprisingly sharp disagreement. (Apparently we areoverthe 19th-century obsession with rigor, and have circled back around to intuition as foundati...
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The “pre-rigorous” stage, in which mathematics is taught in an informal, intuitive manner, based on examples, fuzzy notions, and hand-waving. (For instance, calculus is usually first introduced in terms of slopes, areas, rates of change, and so forth.) The emphasis is more on computation...
It improvesmental rigorfor developinglogical, analytical, and problem-solving skills. The knowledge of mathematics plays a crucial role in understanding other subjects such as physics, art, music, etc. Fields of Mathematics In mathematics there aretwomain branches: ...
In recent years, the application of digital technologies for learning purposes is increasingly discussed as smartphones have become an integral part of students’ everyday life. These technologies are particularly promising in the so-called “transition-in” phase of the student lifecycle when first-...
Gender-related differences in teacher-created learning environments should be reflected in, on average, lower levels of female students’ perceived support for self-determination during math instruction. 1.2. Cognitive and Behavioral Engagement Students’ classroom engagement is an empirically validated ...
and integral (the area under the curve). Though their methods were not always logically sound, mathematicians in the 18th century took on the rigorization stage and were able to justify their methods and create the final stage of calculus. Today, we define the derivative and integral in terms...
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rule is or isn’t applicable. For a lot of students, this is the most intimidating of the Core Skills, but facing up to it is incredibly valuable. It brings a rigor to your reasoning that will allow you to answer questions—on the LSAT and in law school—with confidence and precision....