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Research Paradigms on the Teaching and Learning of Proof

October 4-5, 2007
Providence, Rhode Island

This is a research colloquium held in Providence in the context of the proof project which is a three-year research and development project funded by the Research on Learning and Education (ROLE).
The goal of this colloquium was to bring together a small group of researchers to exchange ideas on what paradigms are used to investigate the teaching and learning of proof. The discussion was about ideas concerning the constraints and affordances of these paradigms, as well as the questions they address, as a means for identifying emergent paradigms and outlining future directions for research on the teaching and learning of proof.

The ICME 11 Topic Study Group on « Reasoning, proof and proving in mathematics education » will serve a dual role:

1. Present an overview of the current state of art in the topic “Reasoning, proof and proving in mathematics education (RPP),” and expositions of outstanding recent contributions to it, as seen from an international perspective
2. Sharing of ongoing work and perspectives

The topic will be considered at all levels – elementary, secondary, university, and teacher knowledge.  Participants could report on research work, on classroom teaching, or on the design of teaching environments or of teaching units for RPP. They also could report on advances made in the development of theoretical frameworks or approaches.

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