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What are the argumentative activities associated with proof?

2009; Routledge; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/14794800902732258

1754-0178

Juan Pablo Mejía-Ramos, Matthew Inglis,

Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education

Our goal in this paper is to identify the different argumentative activities associated with the notion of mathematical proof. Having identified the different activities we present the results of a bibliographic study designed to explore the extent to which each of these activities has been researched in the field of mathematics education. We conclude by arguing that the comprehension and presentation of given arguments are important, but under-researched mathematical activities related to proof.