Investigating the Development of Proof Comprehension: The Case of Proof by Contradiction

This dissertation reports on an investigation of transition-to-proof students' understanding of proof by contradiction. A plethora of research on the construction aspect of proof by contradiction is available and suggests that the method is one of the most difficult for students to construct an...

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Main Author: Chamberlain, Darryl J, Jr.
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University 2017
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Online Access:http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/math_diss/46
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1051&context=math_diss