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Students’ encounter with formal mathematical reasoning (in particular in terms of realising the necessity for proof and enacting proving techniques) is a cornerstone of their encounter with university mathematics. In this and the next chapter M and RME explore how the students experience this encounter: here the focus is more explicitly on the students’ reasoning, as evident in their writing / speaking etc; in Chapter 4 the focus is more explicitly on the ways in which students choose to express this reasoning and mediate mathematical meaning through words, symbols and various forms of graphical representation.
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Nardi, E. (2008). The Encounter With Formal Mathematical Reasoning: Conceptualising Its Significance And Enacting Its Techniques. In: Amongst Mathematicians. Mathematics Teacher Education, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-37143-6_3
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