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Kristen Vroom; Tenchita Alzaga Elizondo – International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2024
Undergraduate students are expected to produce and comprehend constructive existence proofs; yet, these proofs are notoriously difficult for students. This study investigates students' thinking about these proofs by asking students to validate two arguments for the existence of a mathematical object. The first argument featured a common structural…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Validity, Mathematical Logic, Student Attitudes