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MATH 10 Slides. Mathematical Literacy
MATH 10 Slides. Mathematical Literacy
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ABSTRACT ABSTRACT
Misconceptions
Math requires special or
inherent intellectual abilities.
Math is gender dependent,
ethnic based, hereditary.
Math is irrelevant
in your day-to-day life.
MATHEMATICAL THINKING
exploring questioning
working systematically
visualizing conjecturing
explaining generalizing
justifying proving
and MORE!!!
Pythagoreans
(600 BC)
𝝁𝜶𝜽𝜼𝝁𝜶𝝉𝜾𝜿𝝄𝝇
𝝁𝜶𝜽𝜼𝝁𝜶𝝉𝜾𝜿𝝄𝝇
máthēma “knowledge”
mánthanein “learning”
Mathematical thinking
is a way of thinking…
…logically
…critically
…analytically
…creatively
“Mathematics”
as a field of study
abstract study of patterns,
structures and relations
of numbers, quantities
and spaces
Mathematics
as a human endeavor
a way of understanding
phenomena – real world
or abstract in nature