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Developing Mathematical Creativity
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Creative mathematicians…
• ask good questions • link apparently disparate ideas • notice patterns or structures • make conjectures • find new ways to apply familiar techniques • find common themes • find new ways to visualise abstractions • find illustrative examples or analogies • are not afraid to take risks
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Resources
We will create online resources designed to help young people (aged 7-16) develop their mathematical creativity, together with supporting material.
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Inspiration
There will be public lectures, videos and other material to show the importance of creativity in mathematics and inspire young people to be mathematically creative
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What it’s not…
Not about the maths within creative subjects, rather the creativity inherent within the discipline of mathematics
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Preliminary ideas
• Environments for creativity – contexts where children can explore and come up with interesting mathematical ideas
• Scaffolding – providing children with models of what it means to be mathematically creative
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How you can help
• Talk to me about your own episodes of mathematical creativity
• Share ideas for environments that might stimulate creative episodes
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