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McLoughlin, M. Padraig M. M. – Online Submission, 2010
The author of this paper suggests several neoteric, unconventional, idiosyncratic, or unique approaches to beginning Set Theory that he found seems to work well in building students' introductory understanding of the Foundations of Mathematics. This paper offers some ideas on how the author uses certain "unconventional" definitions and…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Mathematics Education, Definitions, Inquiry
McLoughlin, M. Padraig M. M. – Online Submission, 2004
The author of this paper submits that humans have a natural inquisitiveness; hence, mathematicians (as well as other humans) must be active in learning. Thus, we must commit to conjecture and prove or disprove said conjecture. Ergo, the purpose of the paper is to submit the thesis that learning requires doing; only through inquiry is learning…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Active Learning, Inquiry, Validity