PROCEEDINGS OF THE 18TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2015
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Unconventional use of mathematical language in undergraduate students’ proof writing
Page: 687
There is a dearth of research on students’ use of mathematical language, particularly when writing proofs at the undergraduate level. In this exploratory study, we analyze written student exams (N=149) from an introductory proof course in order to identify different ways in which students’ use of written mathematical language differs from mathematicians’ writing in formal mathematical settings.