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Weber, Keith; Tanswell, Fenner Stanley – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2022
In mathematics education research, proofs are often conceptualized as sequences of mathematical assertions. We argue that this ignores proofs that contain instructions to perform mathematical actions, often in the form of imperatives, which are common both in mathematical practice and in undergraduate mathematics textbooks. We consider in detail a…
Descriptors: Validity, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Instruction, Models