Using computer multimedia to dissolve cognitive conflicts of mathematical proof.
From: Electronic Journal of Mathematics and Technology
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Date: 6/1/2007
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Author: Chen, Ming-Puu; Lee, Chun-Yi
Abstract: This paper exemplified the design of an instructional support by means of computer-multimedia to dissolve students' cognitive conflicts during the process of a mathematical proof problem, the pasture problem. Cognitive conflicts occur when there are expectations which are not fulfilled. The pasture problem provides cognitive conflicts and encourages students to explore and bridge the gap between conjectures and proofs. In the beginning of the problem-solving process, ...
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