Mathematical Foresight: Thinking in the Future to Work in the Present

Autor/inn/en	Maciejewski, Wes; Barton, Bill
Titel	Mathematical Foresight: Thinking in the Future to Work in the Present
Quelle	In: For the Learning of Mathematics, 36 (2016) 3, S.25-30 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0228-0671
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Education; Mathematical Logic; Problem Solving; Imagination; Mathematical Models; Thinking Skills; Mathematics Activities; Motivation; Persistence; Interviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematische Bildung; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Problemlösen; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Denkfähigkeit; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Ausdauer; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Originating from interviews with mathematics colleagues, written accounts of mathematicians engaging with mathematics, and Wes's reflections on his own mathematical work, we describe a process that we call mathematical foresight: the imagining of a resolution to a mathematical situation and a path to that resolution. In a sense, mathematical foresight is the process of imagining a not-yet-experienced mathematical event--the solution to a problem solving scenario, or the creation of a mathematical model for a biological system, for examples that could occur in the future. This future thinking process guides the mathematician's present mathematical activity, motivates them, and bolsters persistence. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01