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Role of example generation in implicit and explicit conjecturing tasks

Breen, Sinéad orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, Ní Shé, Caitríona orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-6592-0276 and O'Shea, Ann orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2024) Role of example generation in implicit and explicit conjecturing tasks. In: INDRUM 2024, 10-14 June 2024, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 2496-1027

Abstract
Conjecturing is crucial to mathematics and an activity in which it is believed mathematics learners of all ages should engage. It has been found that mathematicians productively generate examples when they are formulating conjectures. In this paper we explore whether this is also the case for undergraduate non-specialist mathematics students by means of an instrumental case study. We label conjecturing tasks as either explicit or implicit to distinguish between tasks which explicitly ask students to make a conjecture and those in which conjecturing is evoked implicitly, and we discuss the benefit of Comprehensive Example Generation (by which an example set is generated sequentially and systematically) in the context of such conjecturing tasks. The consequences of using a digital environment for such tasks are also discussed.
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:conjecturing, example generation, task design, learning of calculus, students’ practices at university level
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
Mathematics
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Mathematical Sciences
Research Institutes and Centres > Research Centre in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education (CASTel)
Published in: Gonzalez-Martın, Alejandro S., Gueudet, Ghislaine, Florensa, Ignasi and Lombard, Nathan, (eds.) INDRUM 2024 PROCEEDINGS Fifth conference of the International Network for Didactic Research in University Mathematics. . Escola Univerist`aria Salesiana de Sarri`a – Univ. Aut`onoma de Barcelona and INDRUM. ISBN 2496-1027
Publisher:Escola Univerist`aria Salesiana de Sarri`a – Univ. Aut`onoma de Barcelona and INDRUM
Official URL:https://indrum2024.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/Pro...
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:30603
Deposited On:03 Sep 2025 08:43 by Sinead Breen . Last Modified 03 Sep 2025 08:43
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