Categories, definitions and mathematics : student reasoning about objects in analysis
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Summary
It is proposed that the standards of argumentation in everyday life are variable, with emphasis on direct generalisation, whereas standards in mathematics are more fixed and require abstraction of properties.
- Type
- dissertation
- Published
- 2001-08-01
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- 4
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- Open access
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Keywords
Argumentation theory, Abstraction, Mathematics education, Component (thermodynamics), Computer science
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