Beyond ‘formalistic nonsense’: The impact of symbolisation and previously held images on students’ sense-making of formal definitions

Elena Nardi; Irene Biza; Paola Iannone

Beyond ‘formalistic nonsense’: The impact of symbolisation and previously held images on students’ sense-making of formal definitions

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mathematics Education (ICME), Topic Study Group 17, Research and development in the teaching and learning of advanced mathematical topics
Place of Publication	Monterrey, Mexico
Publication status	Published - 2008

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Nardi, E., Biza, I., & Iannone, P. (2008). Beyond ‘formalistic nonsense’: The impact of symbolisation and previously held images on students’ sense-making of formal definitions. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mathematics Education (ICME), Topic Study Group 17, Research and development in the teaching and learning of advanced mathematical topics

Nardi, Elena ; Biza, Irene ; Iannone, Paola. / Beyond ‘formalistic nonsense’: The impact of symbolisation and previously held images on students’ sense-making of formal definitions. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mathematics Education (ICME), Topic Study Group 17, Research and development in the teaching and learning of advanced mathematical topics. Monterrey, Mexico, 2008.

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Beyond ‘formalistic nonsense’: The impact of symbolisation and previously held images on students’ sense-making of formal definitions. / Nardi, Elena ; Biza, Irene; Iannone, Paola.

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mathematics Education (ICME), Topic Study Group 17, Research and development in the teaching and learning of advanced mathematical topics. Monterrey, Mexico, 2008.

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Nardi E , Biza I, Iannone P. Beyond ‘formalistic nonsense’: The impact of symbolisation and previously held images on students’ sense-making of formal definitions. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mathematics Education (ICME), Topic Study Group 17, Research and development in the teaching and learning of advanced mathematical topics. Monterrey, Mexico. 2008