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The learner’s comfort and propensity to move beyond known procedures in recognisable situations, is indicative of their willingness to try fresh strategies in their approach to investigation and problem solving,By implication,problem solving contains an element of the unknown that requires unravelling and addressing through the application of strategies in new situations or in an unfamiliar manner (e.g.,Holton, 1998).This requires a degree of creativity and a willingness to take conceptual or procedural risks of a mathematical nature.It is risk taking in a positive, creative sense as compared to risky behaviour.
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Calder, N. (2011). An Influence on Investigation. In: Calder, N. (eds) Processing Mathematics Through Digital Technologies. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-627-4_7
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