Backward Reasoning and Epistemic Actions in Discovering Processes of Strategic Games Problems

Barbero, Marta and Gómez-Chacón, I. M. and Arzarello, Ferdinando (2020) Backward Reasoning and Epistemic Actions in Discovering Processes of Strategic Games Problems. Mathematics, 8 (989). ISSN 2227-7390

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Abstract

The paper focuses on the cognitive and epistemic characterization of backward reasoning in strategy games resolution. It explores the use of abstraction in context (AiC) theory as a tool for the analysis of the epistemic actions involved in these processes. We follow a qualitative methodology based on design experiments, focusing on a study carried out with mathematics and engineering students. The analysis allowed us to combine the two models derived from the epistemology of mathematical backward reasoning and AiC theory in a unified framework that allowed us to focus both short-term and long-term processes in mathematical activities. Recurring patterns of epistemic actions were identified.

Item Type:	Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article
Subjects:	Mathematical sciences > Mathematics Education
Department/unit:	Dipartimento formazione e apprendimento > Centro competenze didattica della matematica
Depositing User:	Marta Barbero
Date Deposited:	07 Nov 2022 09:12
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2022 12:00
URI:	http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/13604

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