Department of Mathematics
Title : Educational research on the presentation, reading and comprehension of proofs in university mathematics
| Speaker: Juan Pablo Mejia-Ramos Affiliation: Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey Time: 3pm Wednesday, 21 November, 2012 Location: 303-B07, Science Building |
Abstract
| Mathematics university students and professors spend a considerable amount of time engaged in activities related to mathematical proof: they construct proofs, present them orally or in writing, read proofs in an attempt to comprehend (sometimes evaluate) them. In this talk I will present a series of studies that we, the Proof Comprehension Research Group at Rutgers University (U.S.), have conducted in order to investigate: (1) the way in which professors present proofs in an effort to get their students to understand them, (2) some proof-reading strategies that mathematicians and students employ, and (3) novel ways in which professors and researchers can assess proof comprehension. I will argue that this line of research can help us identify proof-presentation and proof-reading strategies that increase proof comprehension. |
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Programmes and Centres
- New Zealand Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (NZIMA)
- Community for Understanding and Learning in the Mathematical Sciences (CULMS)
- Centre for Mathematical Social Science (CMSS)
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Engineering Science
- Department of Physics
- Department of Statistics
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute
