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ERIC Number: EJ675411
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1954
Teaching Functions in a Graphic Milieu: What Forms of Knowledge Enable Students To Conjecture and Prove?
Bloch, Isabelle
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v52 n1 p3-28 2003
Presents a teaching approach related to the concept of function that lead students working within a graphic milieu to producing, discussing, and testing the validity of mathematical statements and theorems. Indicates that students experimenting with the approach became able to think of functions as objects and engage in questions of the validity of mathematical statements. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Concept Formation, Functions (Mathematics), Graphs, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Instruction, Proof (Mathematics), Thinking Skills, Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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