Visualization as a convenient tool to support the teaching of mathematical proofs
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RIV/62690094:18470/17:50013837
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.10.57" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.10.57</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.10.57" target="_blank" >10.15405/epsbs.2017.10.57</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Visualization as a convenient tool to support the teaching of mathematical proofs
Original language description
Subjects dealing with graph theory and combinatorial optimization belong among the basic subjects of informatics study. Their aim is above all to develop and deepen students’ capacity for logical and algorithmic thinking. Mathematical proofs that are inseparable part of these subjects do not belong to popular topics among students due to the difficulty to understand this field of mathematics. Within educational process we are searching for various tools to help students deal with this area of mathematics. Suitable visualization could become a very convenient instrument used to enhance understanding of theorems and their proofs. Using visualization and deep analysis of the topic together with discussion on mutual relationships between solutions to problems allows the teacher to enhance student’s logical thinking and support their understanding to more complex proofs. In the paper we provide a justification for the importance of the mathematical proofs for students of informatics at first. Secondly, we introduce a research study examining an impact of visual applications on understanding of mathematical proofs; we implemented presentations instructed within the Discreet mathematics course, which are used to visualize proofs of mathematical theorems in the area of the graph theory, and we analysed students’ approaches to proofs visualization and proofing in general.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10102 - Applied mathematics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
International conference on Education and educational psychology (ICEEPSY 2017)
ISBN
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ISSN
2357-1330
e-ISSN
neuvedeno
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
599-608
Publisher name
Future science
Place of publication
London
Event location
Porto
Event date
Oct 11, 2017
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
UT code for WoS article
000431390200057