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A study on student perceptions of principles of logic and their application to the principle of mathematical induction

Creator:

Boone, Allan R.

Abstract:

The purpose of this article is to explore student reasoning with regard to problems in logic, particularly those related to the Principle of Mathematical Induction (PMI). The five case studies presented build off of work done by other researchers, most notably Dubinsky and Harel, who both looked at how students'...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

Mathematical Induction Harel and Brown (Harel & Brown, 2008) noted that there are two common ways to state