PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2018
San Diego, California
Our Mathematical Ideas are Part of Our Identity
Page: 635
This paper explores the notion that our mathematical ideas are part of our identity. This notion, which was a significant result of a qualitative dissertation study, will be explored in depth through an examination of data in connection with the educational research related to identity. The story of Binary, a first generation college student completing a transition-to-proof course in his final semester of college, provides the context in which we explore this complex notion.