Article
Students' Understanding of Counterexamples
Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12
(2020)
Abstract
This article focuses on students use and understanding of counterexamples and is part of a research project on the role of examples in proving. We share student interviews and offer suggestions for how teachers can support student reasoning and thinking and promote productive struggle by incorporating counterexamples into the classroom.
Disciplines
Publication Date
March, 2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2019.0092
Citation Information
Alison G Lynch and Rebecca Vinsonhaler. "Students' Understanding of Counterexamples" Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 Vol. 113 Iss. 3 (2020) p. 223 - 228 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alison-lynch/11/