TY  - JOUR
TI  - High School Students’ and Their Teacher’s Experiences with Visual Proofs
AB  - Proof is one of the main components of both mathematics and mathematics education. However, students and teachers at every level have difficulties in proof and proof teaching. Presenting alternative proof methods to students will not only provide a rich learning environment but also allow the students to have different perspectives by providing alternative ways they can apply for constructing a proof. The visual proofs are one of the alternative proof methods. The visual proofs are seen as valuable tools for mathematics education; it is planned to investigate the views of high school students and their teacher about visual proof. Case study method is used in the study. Participants of the study consisted of four high school students who were nineth-graders and their teacher. The teacher said that after the visual proof activities, the students started to wonder where the formulas came from, in other words, they started questioning, their interest levels increased, and the formulas were kept in their minds more. The high school students stated that they found the visual proof activities enjoyable, and they were happy when they understood the visual proofs and unhappy when they could not understand them.
AU  - Polat, Kübra
AU  - Akgun, Levent
DO  - 10.17556/erziefd.1092716
PY  - 2023
JO  - Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
VL  - 25
IS  - 1
SN  - 2148-7510
SP  - 126
EP  - 136
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1161075
ER  -