Key ideas : What are they and how can they help us understand people view proof?

• This paper examines the views of proof held by university level mathematics students and teachers.  A framework is developed for characterizing people's views of proof, based on a distinction between public and private aspects of proof and the key ideas which link these two domains.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Calculus

Epistemology

Mathematical ideas

Mathematical thinking

Proof

pedagogik

Education

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)