teaching:topics:thinking_mathematically:problemsolving:summary
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| making and management --- pretty much any field which requires thought and initiative rather than simply | making and management --- pretty much any field which requires thought and initiative rather than simply | ||
| carrying out repetitive set actions. It is one of the ways we analyse and talk about the world. | carrying out repetitive set actions. It is one of the ways we analyse and talk about the world. | ||
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| {{blog:mathematics-k-10-org-content.png?direct&75 }}It is also at the centre of the maths syllabus, every year from infants to year 12. | {{blog:mathematics-k-10-org-content.png?direct&75 }}It is also at the centre of the maths syllabus, every year from infants to year 12. | ||
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| ===What facts have you been given?=== | ===What facts have you been given?=== | ||
| * write them down as equations, or draw them | * write them down as equations, or draw them | ||
| - | * **then** recheck, does the equation fit the information given --- is it sensible? | + | * **then** recheck, does what you wrote fit the information given --- is it sensible? |
| * there might be some extra, unimportant, facts given | * there might be some extra, unimportant, facts given | ||
| * as you work on the problem, keep going back to the question | * as you work on the problem, keep going back to the question | ||
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| assembling what you know, expressing it clearly and succinctly, remembering some rules, doing a bit of | assembling what you know, expressing it clearly and succinctly, remembering some rules, doing a bit of | ||
| - | manipulatio | + | manipulation |
| - | then giving the answer **to the actual question** --- <wrap em>always in an appropriate form!</wrap></WRAP> | + | then giving an answer **to the actual question** --- <wrap em>always in an appropriate form!</wrap></WRAP> |
| ===finally — check that your answer is sensible!=== | ===finally — check that your answer is sensible!=== | ||
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