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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2020): March

HYPOTHESIS AND CONJECTURES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STOCHASTIC THINKING: CHALLENGES FOR ITS TEACHING AND TEACHERS TRAINING

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12802/relime.20.2313
Submitted
November 7, 2022
Published
2020-03-01

Abstract

This article reflects on the importance that the hypothesis-conjecture dialectic may have not only for the development of demonstrative reasoning, but also for the development of stochastic thinking in students. Reasons of a curricular type are argued for this, of a teaching approach based on problem solving, of a way of solving problems that considers simulation as a resolution method with heuristic content and, finally, in new proposals on mathematics. that the citizen of the 21st century will require and that includes data analysis in contexts of uncertainty. Consequently, a proposal for initial teacher training is presented that allows them to address such challenges.

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