PROCEEDINGS OF THE 15TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (Vol 1)
2012
Portland, Oregon
Investigating the Teaching Practices of Professors When Presenting Proofs: The Use of Examples
Page: 1-345
This study combines interview data and observation data to investigate the teaching practices of mathematics faculty members when teaching upper-division proof-based undergraduate mathematics courses. Four case studies of faculty members at a large research institution who were teaching in different mathematics content areas are used to construct a model describing the ways in which examples are used to motivate and support proof presentations in class.