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Inglis, Matthew and Simpson, Adrian (2006) The role of mathematical context in evaluating conditional statements. In: 30th Conference of the International-Group-for-the-Psychology-of-Mathematics-Education, Charles Univ, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC, JUL 16-21, 2006. Published in: PME 30: Proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Educations, Vol.3 pp. 337-344. ISBN *****************. ISSN 0771-100X.
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Recently there has been increasing interest in the mathematics education research community about the role of logic in the teaching, learning and production of mathematics. In this paper we investigate how conditional statements are evaluated by successful mathematics students, and argue that the role of context is vital to determine the manner in which this evaluation proceeds. We use two versions of the so-called Labyrinth Task, one in it's original context and one in an overtly mathematical context. We report results that indicates that the manner in which conditional statements are evaluated on these tasks differs depending on the context. These results are supplemented by data from a qualitative task-based interview study.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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| Subjects: | L Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education Q Science > QA Mathematics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||
| Series Name: | PME Conference Proceedings | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | PME 30: Proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Educations | ||||
| Publisher: | Int. Grp Psychol Math Educ. | ||||
| ISBN: | ***************** | ||||
| ISSN: | 0771-100X | ||||
| Editor: | Novotna, J and Moraova, H and Kratka, M and Stehlikova, N | ||||
| Official Date: | 2006 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.3 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 337-344 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
| Title of Event: | 30th Conference of the International-Group-for-the-Psychology-of-Mathematics-Education | ||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
| Location of Event: | Charles Univ, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC | ||||
| Date(s) of Event: | JUL 16-21, 2006 |
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