How mathematicians obtain conviction: implications for mathematics instruction and research on epistemic cognition

The received view of mathematical practice is that mathematicians gain certainty in mathematical assertions by deductive evidence rather than empirical or authoritarian evidence. This assumption has influenced mathematics instruction where students are expected to justify assertions with deductive a...

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Main Authors: Keith Weber, Matthew Inglis, Juan P. Mejia-Ramos
Format: Default Article
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/14020
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