Difficulties with fallacious rules of inference in mathematics and physics students
The aim of this paper is to provide data for the analysis of the belief that mathematics develops conditional reasoning skills with better results than other disciplines. To these ends, evidence is provided regarding the logical ability attained by advanced university students of mathematics and phy...
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Unión Matemática Argentina - Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REM/article/view/43986 |
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| Sumario: | The aim of this paper is to provide data for the analysis of the belief that mathematics develops conditional reasoning skills with better results than other disciplines. To these ends, evidence is provided regarding the logical ability attained by advanced university students of mathematics and physics (Master programmes in pure science and in teaching) to solve and justify activities where valid and fallacious conditional modes of inference appear. The theoretical perspective that supports this piece of research is of epistemological and cognitive nature; the methodological approach is qualitative. Analysis of the results shows students’ limited logical ability in the resolution and justification of tasks involving two well-known fallacies, in contrast to their good performance in two valid inferential modes. |
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