Mathematical versus English meaning in implication and disjunction.

Barbara A. Shipman ^[1]
1. [1] University of Texas at Arlington
  
  University of Texas at Arlington
  
  Estados Unidos
Localización: Teaching mathematics and its applications, ISSN 0268-3679, Vol. 32, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 38-46
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- As mathematicians, we assign rigid meanings to words that may have a variety of interpretations in common language. This article considers meanings of `if¨and `or´from everyday English that have caused students to misinterpret mathematical statements, and that are consistently overlooked by instructional materials in addressing students´mistakes. To fill this gap, this article presents three studies for the classroom that engage students in confronting the differences between mathematical and every day meaning in statements of implication and statements of disjunction.