How argumentation relates to formal proof process in geometry

Esra Demiray; Mine Işıksal-Bostan; Elif Saygı

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Esra Demiray ¹ ^* , Mine Işıksal-Bostan ² , Elif Saygı ¹

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¹ Faculty of Education, Mathematics and Science Education, Hacettepe University, Ankara, TÜRKİYE² Faculty of Education, Mathematics and Science Education, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TÜRKİYE^* Corresponding Author

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This study aims to examine how being involved in an argumentation process relates to the formal proof process in geometry. Prospective mathematics teachers were involved in an argumentation process while producing conjectures before engaging in formal proof of the recently produced conjectures. To collect data, four geometry-proof tasks that involve two sections were employed. The first section of the tasks demands the production of conjectures, which stands for the term argumentation. The second section asks for the formal proof of one of the recently produced conjectures. Based on the data analysis, the affordances of being involved in argumentation before engaging in the formal proof process were listed as positive affective occasions, arrangement of knowledge related to the content of the task, visual aspect, and the veracity of the statement. Negative affective occasions and confusion related to the difference between conjecturing and proving were coded as constraints of being involved in argumentation before formal proof.

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argumentation
proof
geometry

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INT ELECT J MATH ED, Volume 18, Issue 3, August 2023, Article No: em0741

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Demiray, E., Işıksal-Bostan, M., & Saygı, E. (2023). How argumentation relates to formal proof process in geometry. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 18(3), em0741. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13214

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Demiray E, Işıksal-Bostan M, Saygı E. How argumentation relates to formal proof process in geometry. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2023;18(3):em0741. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13214

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Demiray E, Işıksal-Bostan M, Saygı E. How argumentation relates to formal proof process in geometry. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2023;18(3), em0741. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13214

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Demiray, Esra, Mine Işıksal-Bostan, and Elif Saygı. "How argumentation relates to formal proof process in geometry". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2023 18 no. 3 (2023): em0741. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13214

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Demiray, E., Işıksal-Bostan, M., and Saygı, E. (2023). How argumentation relates to formal proof process in geometry. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 18(3), em0741. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13214

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Demiray, Esra et al. "How argumentation relates to formal proof process in geometry". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 18, no. 3, 2023, em0741. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/13214