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Brown, Richard G. – 1981
A major goal of mathematics teaching is the involvement of students in the personal process of discovering mathematical ideas and formulating problems. The process of an inductive leap followed by a deductive argument is used in mathematics courses at Phillips Exeter Academy (New Hampshire). Mathematical problems are presented in which the givens…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Algebra, Concept Formation