Proof and proving in mathematics education the 19th ICMI study /
One of the most significant tasks facing mathematics educators is to understand the role of mathematical reasoning and proving in mathematics teaching, so that its presence in instruction can be enhanced. This challenge has been given even greater importance by the assignment to proof of a more prom...
| Other Authors: | Hanna, G. 1934-, De Villiers, Michael D., International Commission on Mathematical Instruction. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer,
2012.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 475 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
New ICMI studies series ;
v. 15. |
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| Summary: |
One of the most significant tasks facing mathematics educators is to understand the role of mathematical reasoning and proving in mathematics teaching, so that its presence in instruction can be enhanced. This challenge has been given even greater importance by the assignment to proof of a more prominent place in the mathematics curriculum at all levels. Along with this renewed emphasis, there has been an upsurge in research on the teaching and learning of proof at all grade levels, leading to a re-examination of the role of proof in the curriculum and of its relation to other forms of explanation, illustration and justification. This book, resulting from the 19th ICMI Study, brings together a variety of viewpoints on issues such as: The potential role of reasoning and proof in deepening mathematical understanding in the classroom as it does in mathematical practice. The developmental nature of mathematical reasoning and proof in teaching and learning from the earliest grades. The development of suitable curriculum materials and teacher education programs to support the teaching of proof and proving. The book considers proof and proving as complex but foundational in mathematics. Through the systematic examination of recent research this volume offers new ideas aimed at enhancing the place of proof and proving in our classrooms. |
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| Item Description: |
pt. 1. Proof and Cognition. Cognitive Development of Proof / David Tall, Oleksiy Yevdokimov, Boris Koichu, Walter Whiteley and Margo Kondratieva, et al. -- Theorems as Constructive Visions / Giuseppe Longo -- Aspects of Proof in Mathematics Education / Gila Hanna and Michael de Villiers -- pt. 2. Experimentation: Challenges and opportunities. Exploratory Experimentation: Digitally-Assisted Discovery and Proof / Jonathan Michael Borwein -- Experimental Approaches to Theoretical Thinking: Artefacts and Proofs / Ferdinando Arzarello, Maria Giuseppina Bartolini Bussi, Allen Yuk Lun Leung, Maria Alessandra Mariotti and Ian Stevenson -- pt. 3. Historical and educational perspectives of proof. Why Proof? A Historian's Perspective / Judith V. Grabiner -- Conceptions of Proof -- In Research and Teaching / Richard Cabassut, AnnaMarie Conner, Filyet Aslı İşçimen, Fulvia Furinghetti and Hans Niels Jahnke, et al. -- Forms of Proof and Proving in the Classroom / Tommy Dreyfus, Elena Nardi and Roza Leikin -- The Need for Proof and Proving: Mathematical and Pedagogical Perspectives / Orit Zaslavsky, Susan D. Nickerson, Andreas J. Stylianides, Ivy Kidron and Greisy Winicki-Landman -- Contemporary Proofs for Mathematics Education / Frank Quinn -- pt. 4. Proof in the school curriculum. Proof, Proving, and Teacher-Student Interaction: Theories and Contexts / Keith Jones and Patricio Herbst -- From Exploration to Proof Production / Feng-Jui Hsieh, Wang-Shian Horng and Haw-Yaw Shy -- Principles of Task Design for Conjecturing and Proving / Fou-Lai Lin, Kai-Lin Yang, Kyeong-Hwa Lee, Michal Tabach and Gabriel Stylianides -- Teachers' Professional Learning of Teaching Proof and Proving / Fou-Lai Lin, Kai-Lin Yang, Jane-Jane Lo, Pessia Tsamir and Dina Tirosh, et al. -- pt. 5. Argumentation and transition to tertiary level. Argumentation and Proof in the Mathematics Classroom / Viviane Durand-Guerrier, Paolo Boero, Nadia Douek, Susanna S. Epp and Denis Tanguay -- Examining the Role of Logic in Teaching Proof / Viviane Durand-Guerrier, Paolo Boero, Nadia Douek, Susanna S. Epp and Denis Tanguay -- Transitions and Proof and Proving at Tertiary Level / Annie Selden -- pt. 6. Lessons from the Eastern Cultural Traditions. Using Documents from Ancient China to Teach Mathematical Proof / Karine Chemla -- Proof in the Western and Eastern Traditions: Implications for Mathematics Education / Man Keung Siu. Includes bibliographical references and index. One of the most significant tasks facing mathematics educators is to understand the role of mathematical reasoning and proving in mathematics teaching, so that its presence in instruction can be enhanced. This challenge has been given even greater importance by the assignment to proof of a more prominent place in the mathematics curriculum at all levels. Along with this renewed emphasis, there has been an upsurge in research on the teaching and learning of proof at all grade levels, leading to a re-examination of the role of proof in the curriculum and of its relation to other forms of explanation, illustration and justification. This book, resulting from the 19th ICMI Study, brings together a variety of viewpoints on issues such as: The potential role of reasoning and proof in deepening mathematical understanding in the classroom as it does in mathematical practice. The developmental nature of mathematical reasoning and proof in teaching and learning from the earliest grades. The development of suitable curriculum materials and teacher education programs to support the teaching of proof and proving. The book considers proof and proving as complex but foundational in mathematics. Through the systematic examination of recent research this volume offers new ideas aimed at enhancing the place of proof and proving in our classrooms. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 475 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789400721296 9400721293 9789400721289 9400721285 |