Challenging Students to Experience Mathematics as Mathematicians

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Jenna R. O’Dell Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN

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Cynthia W. Langrall Illinois State University, Normal

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An unsolved problem gets elementary and middle school students thinking and doing mathematics like mathematicians.

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