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Learning and Doing MathematicsSecond EditionJohn Mason, formerly Professor of Mathematical Education at the Open UniversityLearning and Doing is for anyone keen to develop learning skills or to enhance their problem-solving powers. It will help you develop your own strategies by recognising blockages and then using the techniques of generalizing and specializing to identify routes to a solution.Examples are varied. Many are mathematical in flavour, but they are accessible to anyone with an interest in the subject and the methods proposed apply across the curriculum and indeed to everyday situations in modern life. Developed at the Open University, all the material is tried and tested.Professor Mason's style is relaxed and colloquial - accessible to all, whether a teacher wanting to use it for examples and fresh ways to inspire, or a parent or student wanted to boost their learning and broaden their mathematical thinking.Contents:¿ Specializing¿ Generalizing¿ Specializing and Generalizing Together¿ Convincing Yourself and Others¿ When is an Argument Valid?¿ Further Food for Thought¿ Five Interludes are presented between the chapter - to provoke practical mathematical thinking, and have some fun.Reviews of the First Edition"An excellent resource...an impressive, carefully chosen array of examples...I will certainly recommend it." John Baylis, The Mathematical Gazette"Fresh, lively and energetic...we should buy [his] books before they are banned."Ralph Schwarzenberger, Mathematics Teaching

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El ganador es el que se niega a perder. "Cae siete veces, levantate ocho" presenta 52 principios, acciones y estímulos clave que capacitan a los lectores para desarrollar la perseverancia y la determinación que conducen al verdadero éxito.Las personas que ganan realmente son diferentes de las que simplemente sobreviven. Mason comparte 52 principios que equiparán a los lectores para llevar sus vidas al siguiente nivel. Comenzando con "Ninguno de los secretos del trabajo exitoso a menos que usted lo haga," aborda los desafíos que cada uno de nosotros enfrentamos todos los días. "Conozca sus límites, luego ignórelos" es el tema que se desarrolla en todo el libro. Mason se atreve a los lectores a vivir la vida que otros quieren y marcar la diferencia jugando de lleno. Diseñado para ser leído o recogido para ráfagas de estímulo, "Cae siete veces, levantate ocho" se convertirá en un compañero y un libro de jugadas para el lector que quiera más.The winner is the one who refuses to lose. Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight presents 52 key principles, actions, and encouragements that equip readers to develop the perseverance and determination that lead to real success.

A popular author and inspirational speaker shows readers how to ask the right questions to find answers for success and happiness.

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Verdades que romperan las barreras que impiden la excelencia en su vida.

Conozca sus limites, y luego ignorelos es un libro impactante que le ayudara a vivir una vida de realizacion completa.