Divergent Thinking in the Process of Solving Advanced Mathematics Problem

Xiaoxia PAN, Limin XIN

Zhenjiang Watercraft College, Zhenjiang, 212003, CHINA

Abstract: This article primarily discusses the significance of the students’ divergent thinking in teaching of mathematics, and further explores how to train students’ divergent thinking abilities in the process of solving problems, that is to say to train the fluency of thought through the adoption of divergent questions,; to train broad thinking through seeking several answers to a problem; to train the flexibility of thinking through patchwork techniques; to train the creativity of thought through delaying the assessment.

Keywords: Teaching of Advanced Mathematics; Divergent Thinking; Convergence of Thinking; Reverse Thinking