Quote | I think I have learned a great deal of skills for the future in the way that my problem solving has expanded so much because this class really made you think outside the box. At first I saw this as a struggle, like "why do I have to do this for a common c | cvonrenesse | 0 | 7 years 6 months ago |
Quote | This paper is supposed to be a final claim about my development as a mathematician, and the weird thing is before this class I would have said I am really good at math. Now looking back I would say before this class I should not have been able to call mys | cvonrenesse | 0 | 7 years 6 months ago |
Quote | I've definitely changed over the course of this class. I've learned to take my time. To really think things through before I do them. Especially with the Rubik's cube. I ask myself: "What is this move going to do?," and "How will it effect the other cubie | cvonrenesse | 0 | 7 years 6 months ago |
Quote | I definitely have grown as a mathematician and it is because of this course that I can say that. Having to really engage myself in what I am learning has improved my thinking skills. This will not only help me in other math courses in the future but I can | cvonrenesse | 0 | 7 years 6 months ago |
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Quote | In "A Mathematicians Lament", Paul Lockhart says, “Mathematics is the music of reason. To do mathematics is to engage in an act of discovery and conjecture, intuition and inspiration; to be in a state of confusion—not because it makes no sense to you, | cvonrenesse | 0 | 7 years 11 months ago |
Quote | Before this class I thought writing in math was crazy. I thought that there was no way I could transform all the mathematics I do on paper into a written assignment. Now, however, I can't imagine doing mathematics without incorporating writing. It has bec | cvonrenesse | 0 | 7 years 11 months ago |
Quote | I remember sitting in [my friend's] room for close to two hours working together to write new conjectures, trying them out, trying to see how the two were related. I vividly remember the moment when we finally proved ourselves right. It was a moment of re | cvonrenesse | 0 | 7 years 11 months ago |
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