This is an interesting book. Seems odd to me that I should read a book that tells me how to think. But It is helpful in its own way. I suppose sometimes I get tunnel-vision on the answer and don't go through the whole mental process properly. This book can help me slow down and think it through in a rational way. More importantly, as a teacher, it can help me deliver these methods to my students. As someone who's always had that innate ability to jump right to the answer, I'll need to look at things differently when I'm teaching. Having a mental map such as this book provides can help me in structuring my lessons.
I also notice that the chessboard puzzle is in this chapter. What other classroom puzzles have been ripped from this book, I wonder? This should be an excellent aid. I can use these puzzles in my own class, and the book gives me many methods to think about and solve them! Brilliant! And it suggest how I can extend these questions! Brilliant!
But I still prefer Flatland.
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