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earning to Learn Mathematics
Reflecting on and appreciating your learning
1. Mathematics is about thinking (very cognitive), while life has many affective situations which are
emotional. Therefore, given life’s many random situations, why is it hard to make logical decisions
rather than expending resources or reducing choices to minimize risk?
2. Why do we change our mind about how random something is when patterns occur?
3. How do you decide when to use mathematics to verify that randomness in a situation has a pattern
that can be explained?
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ssessing Your Performance
Assessing your performance as a learner
Review the description of
A Successful Performance
and assess your own performance against the
standard offered there.
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How and why was your performance
SUCCESSFUL
?
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How can you
IMPROVE
your performance, making it more successful? What
concrete steps
do you
need to take to make each improvement?
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