PROCEEDINGS OF THE 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2016
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
It’s not an English class’: Is correct grammar an important part of mathematical proof writing at the under graduate level?
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We studied the genre of mathematical proof writing at the undergraduate level by asking mathematicians and undergraduate students to read seven partial proofs based on student- generated work and to identify and discuss uses of mathematical language that were out of the ordinary with respect to what they considered standard mathematical proof writing. Preliminary results indicate the use of correct grammar is necessary in proof writing, but not always addressed in transition-to-proof courses.