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Contemplative Mathematics: Leading Math Discussion Groups

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  1. Introduction

    Introduction to Socratic Mathematics (Preview Content)
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    1 Quiz
  2. Sessions
    Session 1: Figurate Numbers
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  3. Session 2: Square Numbers
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  4. Session 3: Co-primality
    3 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  5. Session 4: Co-primality and Fractions
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  6. Session 5: A Numerical Puzzle
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  7. Session 6: Another Numerical Puzzle
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  8. Session 7: The Bridges of Köningsberg
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  9. Session 8: Patterns in Graphs
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  10. Session 9: Chromatic Graphs
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  11. Conclusion
    Concluding Remarks
    1 Topic
  12. End of Course Test
    End of Course Test: Contemplative Mathematics
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  • Discussion Questions: Remember that the goal here is to seek out truth together, and convince yourselves that you’ve found it. As the facilitator, part of your responsibility is to make sure that everyone in the group is heard and on board!
    • Can you make up a few more proportions that follow the rule the examples do?
    • Could you make up a proportion with letters that makes that rule general?
    • Can you craft a conjecture that relates those proportions to the square numbers we talked about in the second session?
    • The proportion  =  Is interesting. I could write a different proportion that has six in the same places:   = . But for 7, I can’t do that.  =  is the only proportion with seven in those places. What’s up with that?
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