Expanding Students' Involvement in Proof Problems: Are Geometry Teachers Willing to Depart From the Norm?
Publication Date
2013
Document Type
Presentation
Abstract
Using a multimedia questionnaire we explore the extent to which secondary mathematics teachers recognize a hypothesized norm of doing proofs in geometry???that the teacher is in charge of providing the 'given' and the 'prove.' We also explore whether teachers who recognize the norm make a negative appraisal of its breach and find that geometry teachers are able to see some departures from the norm in a positive light. This finding suggests that it may be possible to expand geometry students' involvement in proof problems.
Publication Title
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association
Recommended Citation
Erickson, Ander, "Expanding Students' Involvement in Proof Problems: Are Geometry Teachers Willing to Depart From the Norm?" (2013). SIAS Faculty Publications. 762.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/ias_pub/762
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