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Download full textCartiglia, Marco; Furinghetti, Fulvia; Paola, Domingo – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
In this paper we report on some patterns of reasoning, which emerged during an activity of proving a mathematical statement performed by nine grade and university mathematics students. The statement in question involves drawing figures, working in arithmetic and in algebra. As for secondary students we detected fluency, flexibility and ability of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Secondary School Mathematics, College Mathematics, Problem Solving
