The effect of authority on the persuasiveness of mathematical arguments

Three experiments are reported which investigate the extent to which an authority figure influences the level of persuasion undergraduate students and research-active mathematicians invest in mathematical arguments. We demonstrate that, in some situations, both students and researchers rate argument...

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Main Authors: Matthew Inglis, Juan P. Mejia-Ramos
Format: Default Article
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/8571
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