This working group is a follow-up to two panel-discussion sessions on “Helping Students
Develop Mathematical Habits of Mind” at two consecutive Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM)
of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America held in
2008 and 2009. The presenters-cum-panelists at the JMM 2008 session in San Diego included
Hyman Bass, Al Cuoco, Guershon Harel, and Annie Selden. The presenters-cum-panelists at the
JMM 2009 session in Washington DC included Hyman Bass, Paul Goldenberg, Kien Lim, Chris
Rasmussen, Annie Selden, and John Selden. Both sessions were well attended and well received
by the audience. The second session was in fact an encore of the first session. Based on