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Vol. 16 No. 3 (2013): Noviembre

CONFIGURAL REASONING AND VERIFICATION PROCEDURES IN GEOMETRIC CONTEXT

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12802/relime.13.1633
Submitted
July 13, 2023
Published
2023-07-13

Abstract

The goal of this study is to characterize the processes involved in mathematical proof, in the context of geometry, from a cognitive perspective. In particular, the focus of this study is the characterization of the interaction between reasoning processes and verification procedures that secondary students use when solving geometry problems in a pencil-and-paper environment. The results show that the different ways of using alternative verification procedures to validate a proposition are related to the different outcomes of the reasoning in problems that require a proof.

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