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University mathematics students’ self-efficacy beliefs about proof and proving

Author(s) -

Antti Viholainen,

Timo Tossavainen,

Hanna Viitala,

Maria Johansson

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

lumat international journal on math science and technology education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169

H-Index - 3

ISSN - 2323-7112

DOI - 10.31129/lumat.7.1.406

Subject(s) - mathematical proof , construct (python library) , mathematics education , certainty , sample (material) , proof of concept , computer assisted proof , mathematics , calculus (dental) , computer science , psychology , medicine , chemistry , geometry , dentistry , chromatography , programming language , operating system

We examine university students’ motivation and self-efficacy beliefs about proof and proving, i.e., beliefs about personal abilities to understand, construct and present mathematical proofs, as well as their certainty about self-produced proofs. The sample of the study consists of 29 Finnish and Swedish students who were studying mathematics in tertiary level. The results show that the students were highly motivated to learn to understand and construct proofs, but they were more uncertain about their proving skills. Moreover, the study revealed reasons for the uncertainty about proving achievements. Most of the reasons are caused by deficiencies with respect to knowledge of, understanding about or experience from proof and proving.

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