Reasoning by Contradiction in Dynamic Geometry (Razonamiento por contradicción en geometría dinámica)

This paper addresses contributions that dynamic geometry systems (DGSs) may give in reasoning by contradiction in geometry. We present analyses of three excerpts of students’ work and use the notion of pseudo object, elaborated from previous research, to show some specificities of DGS in constructin...

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Main Authors: Anna Baccaglini-Frank, Samuele Antonini, Allen Leung, Maria Alessandra Mariotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Didáctica de la Matemática: Pensamiento Numérico 2013-01-01
Series:PNA
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Online Access:http://www.pna.es/Numeros2/pdf/Baccaglini-Frank2012Reasoning.pdf