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ERIC Number: EJ667036
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8251
Validations of Proofs Considered as Texts: Can Undergraduates Tell Whether an Argument Proves a Theorem?
Selden, Annie; Selden, John
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v34 n1 p4-36 Jan 2003
Explores the way that mathematics and secondary education mathematics majors read and reflected upon student-generated arguments purported to be proofs of a single theorem. Suggests that such undergraduates tend to focus on surface features of arguments and that their ability to determine whether arguments are proofs is very limited. Discusses arguments (purported proofs) regarded as texts and their validations. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Education Majors, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Thinking Skills, Writing Across the Curriculum
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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