RUME 26
2024
Omaha, Nebraska
Exploring Students’ Mathematical Convictions Through a Script-writing Task
Page: 1268
Empirical studies on mathematical convictions often report on proof comprehension or evaluation. An underreported method in this literature is script-writing tasks. This method is often used with teachers as lesson-play while others have used it for proof comprehension. The purpose of this study was to explore how this method may elicit students' mathematical convictions. The guiding research question was, how do students' responses to a script-writing describe their mathematical convictions? Two undergraduate students' responses showed that their convictions remained the same throughout the study. Their scripts showed that they may help another student by helping another understand or clarify the proof method or convince them of the statement's truth. Future research may explore more complex statements and arguments using this method of research.