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Peer reviewedHoyles, Celia; Kuchemann, Dietmar – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2002
Reports survey results on proof conceptions. Presents an overview of responses at the end of year 8 (age 13 years) and year 9 (age 14 years). Distinguishes three strategies--empirical, focused-empirical, and focused-deductive--that represent shifts in attention from an inductive to a deductive approach. Indicates some progress from year 8 to year…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Deduction, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Logic
