Connecting Science and Mathematics: The Nature of Proof and Disproof in Science and Mathematics

Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 377 - 403
Published: Nov 21, 2007
Abstract
Disagreements exist among textbook authors, curriculum developers, and even among science and mathematics educators/researchers regarding the meanings and roles of several key nature-of-science (NOS) and nature-of-mathematics (NOM) terms such as proof, disproof, hypotheses, predictions, theories, laws, conjectures, axioms, theorems, and postulates. To assess the extent to which these disagreements may exist among high school science and...
Paper Details
Title
Connecting Science and Mathematics: The Nature of Proof and Disproof in Science and Mathematics
Published Date
Nov 21, 2007
Volume
6
Issue
2
Pages
377 - 403
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