About some difficulties in doing proofs encountered by the students from the first year of mathematics

• Autorzy: Hawro J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper contains some results of diagnostic research on the difficulties that students who begin studies at the tertiary level encounter when doing proofs from a section devoted to applying definitions in proofs. The considerations concern the issues connected with understanding of the role of definition and understanding of the texts of definitions by students. In these considerations the examples of solutions given by students to two diagnostic tasks applied in the research are used.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

mathematic; mathematics education; teaching mathematics

PL

matematyka; dydaktyka matematyczna; nauczanie matematyki

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Humanistyczno-Przyrodniczego im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
• Czasopismo: Scientific Issues of Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. Mathematics
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: Vol. 12
• Strony: 221--226
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 4 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Hawro J.

• Institute of Mathematics, University of Rzeszów al. Rejtana 160, 95-959 Rzeszów, Poland

Bibliografia

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