Build a Mathematical Mind – Even If You Think You Can't Have One

but rather, they persevere in solving them (or maybe they go to sleep and continue processing them in their dreams)

they don’t give up when they encounter hard problems

they reason abstractly; the

they look for patterns;

Mathematicians use logic

Mathematicians use logic

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Model with mathematics.
Use appropriate tools strategically.
Attend to precision.
Look for and make use of structure.
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.[x]

The authors wanted education to focus on creating pattern sniffers, experimenters, describers, tinkerers, inventors, visualizers, conjecturers, and guessers

He learned the language of music – what the notes on the staff mean, how to read and play chords, what makes a good harmony – and then he thought about it...a lot

He learned the language of music – what the notes on the staff mean, how to read and play chords, what makes a good harmony – and then he thought about it...a lot