PROCEEDINGS OF THE 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2016
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Example construction in the transition-to-proof classroom
Page: 843
Accurately constructing examples and counterexamples is an important component of learning how to write proofs. This study investigates how one instructor of a transition-to-proof course taught students to construct examples, and how her students reacted to the instruction.