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- Title
ASSESSING PROOFS VIA ORAL INTERVIEWS.
- Authors
Soto-Johnson, Hortensia; Fuller, Evan
- Abstract
The article presents a qualitative study which explores the use of oral interviews in assessing the students' understanding of abstract algebra and their ability in constructing proofs. It demonstrates the ability of students to understand the ideas necessary for a subgroup proof but unable to produce a coherent written proof. It also indicates that these students could provide fairly sound proofs verbally and discusses the implications of these findings for teaching and future research studies.
- Subjects
ABSTRACT algebra; MATHEMATICAL proofs; ORAL interpretation; COGNITIVE ability; LEARNING ability testing; VERBAL ability tests; MATHEMATICS students; EDUCATION
- Publication
Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2012, Vol 4, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1947-7503
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/24727466.2012.11790313