RUME 25
2023
Omaha, Nebraska
Proof Without Claim: Problem Packaging
Page: 978
We present a case study of a student engaging in “proof without claim” tasks. In these tasks, students are presented with proofs in which the proposition being proven (its claim) is removed. Students are asked to ascertain what this missing claim is. This brief report serves (1) to illustrate how our novel proof without claim tasks can provide insight into how students engage with proofs and (2) as an existence proof that some students conceive of proofs as packaging for calculational math problems.