In my last blog I set a task, which was to find out and explain what happens in this situation: Given a set of consecutive natural numbers from 1 to 2n, choose any n of them. Arrange these n numbers in ascending order. Next to them, in one-to-one correspondence, arrange the remaining numbers in descending […]
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What do learners think mathematics is actually about? Their opinion is likely to be developed from the sorts of tasks they are given to do in lessons: getting well known answers to collections of tasks assigned by teachers. Do they ever see someone thinking mathematically – and realise that that is what is happening? Are […]
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