The Bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development
Online ISSN : 2424-1784
Print ISSN : 0288-0334
ISSN-L : 0288-0334
Quasi Empiricism and Its Proof Teaching
Keiyu KUNIMOTO
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1998 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 35-43

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For an ordinary person, mathematics looks like a set of truth that has nothing to do with experiences of human beings and is constructed to have been formed on an absolute or flawless basis. In this research, I argue such kind of conception historically and the relevancy of quasi empiricism for mathematics education and propose methods of proof teaching based on it. My proposals are following: 1. Placing a proof activity in a dynamic developmental process of mathematics. [figure] 2. Considering a proof activity as a social activity. 3. Stressing discovery, explanatory, and communicative functions of proof.
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