Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12-15, 2009

Paper S046

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-68983-6, Copyright (C) 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc.


Right or Wrong? Proof and Knowledge in an Online Class

Markus Pomper



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ABSTRACT

The article describes how peer review and discussions in an online real analysis course can help students write correct proofs. Their assignments illustrate that they become more proficient as the semester progresses. More surprisingly, students' beliefs about their role within mathematics also changes: they develop the confidence to decide whether a proposed proof is correct.

Keyword(s): real analysis, on-line access