Evaluation of Formal-Rhetorical and Problem-Centered Mathematical Proof of Students

Abstract

Evaluation of Formal-Rhetorical and Problem-Centered Mathematical Proof of Students

Abstract

This is the result of a study aimed at evaluating the process of verification of student mathematics education in performing of proof using of the formal-rhetorical part and problem-centered part as proof structure. Description of a combination of the understanding of the formal-rhetorical part and problem-centered part in proving the lemma, theorem and the corollary in Real Analysis will bring the creative side of the students in understanding and validating as well as constructing proof. The formal-rhetorical part sometimes said to be a proof of proof framework, while the problem-centered part relying purely on mathematical problem solving, intuition, and understanding that are more related to the concept. Selden and Selden (2013) stated that two aspects of the structure of this evidence is proof genre.

Keywords: Proof, the formal-rhetorical part, the problem-centered part.

Keywords

• Proof, the formal-rhetorical part, the problem-centered part

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