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Mathematically Gifted High School Students’ Approaches to Developing Visual Proofs (VP) and Preliminary Ideas about VP

2016·Isikhan UGUREL, H. Sevgi Morali, Ozge Karahan +1 yazar

International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology·Cilt 2016/4, Sayı 3

The purpose of this study is to describe the procedure and examples of visual proofs (VP-or proof without words) developed by gifted mathematics secondary school students after their experiences. The participants of this study are three male 9th grade students …

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Is proving a visual act?

2014·Vimolan Mudaly

Mevlana International Journal of Education·Cilt 2013/3-legacy-439, Sayı 3

This paper looks at the role of visualisation in the proving process. It considers the different functions of proof and then describes student responses when engaged in the process of discovering Viviani’s Theorem. The findings show that learners can attain …

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