What am I being asked to prove?
What am I looking for?
What am I given?
Do I understand the concepts?
Draw diagrams
Introduce notation
Try special cases
Try move general cases
Do I know of a similar problem, an analogy?
Formulate a plan
is the plan clear?
Am I committed to this plan?
Ah-ha Eureka!
Have I solved the original problem? Can I check the solution?
Have I learn from the problem? Can I generalize in some way?