In this study we analyze the change in status of the mathematical statements that make up the discursive process in solving geometric proof problems. In particular, we focus on how the written discourse (response) that communicates the solution is developed and organized, with the aim of identifying relationships with the outcomes of configural reasoning. To do this, we analyze the responses of students in the fourth year of compulsory secondary education to four geometric test problems. The results highlight the need for a change in the status of the mathematical statements involved in the reasoning that leads to the solution and the development of an argument that progresses from the accumulation mode to the substitution mode. However, the presence of these characteristics of the testing process does not guarantee that the configural reasoning generated by the formal test will be truncated, due, among other factors, to the influence exerted by the relevant subconfiguration identified in the reasoning process.
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