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  • © 1988

Learning and Doing Mathematics

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Specializing

    • John Healey Mason
    Pages 1-9
  3. Generalizing

    • John Healey Mason
    Pages 9-22
  4. Specializing and Generalizing Together

    • John Healey Mason
    Pages 22-37
  5. Convincing Yourself and Others

    • John Healey Mason
    Pages 37-50
  6. When is an Argument Valid?

    • John Healey Mason
    Pages 50-61
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 61-82

About this book

Based on a unit of the Open University foundation course in mathematics, this book is not intended to teach any new mathematics, but to improve the ability to assimilate new ideas and to approach problems in a systematic and constructive way and to gain enjoyment from the learning process itself.

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