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An Empirical Evaluation of Structured Derivations in High School Mathematics

Mia Peltomäki, Ralph-Johan Back, An Empirical Evaluation of Structured Derivations in High School Mathematics. In: Fou-Lai Lin, Hsieh Feng-Jui, Gila Hanna, Michael de Villiers (Eds.), Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education, 2, 2009.

Abstract:

Structured derivations is a new method for presenting mathematical proofs and derivations. It is based on a systematic and standardized way of describing mathematical arguments, and uses basic logic to structure the derivation and to justify the derivation steps. We have studied the use of structured derivations in high school in two successive controlled studies. The results indicate that using structured derivations gives a marked performance improvement over traditional teaching methods. We describe the structured derivations method, the set up of our study and our main results.

BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{inpPeBa09a,
  title = {An Empirical Evaluation of Structured Derivations in High School Mathematics},
  booktitle = {Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education},
  author = {Peltomäki, Mia and Back, Ralph-Johan},
  volume = {2},
  editor = {Lin, Fou-Lai and Hsieh Feng-Jui and Hanna, Gila and de Villiers, Michael},
  year = {2009},
}

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