Reflective Groupwork for Introductory Proof-Writing Courses
Jennifer Pi, Christopher Davis, Yasmeen Baki, Alessandra, Pantano

TL;DR
This paper presents two group-based activities involving peer review and internet resource evaluation to enhance undergraduate students' proof-writing skills and professional mathematical practices.
Contribution
It introduces reflective group activities specifically designed to develop critical reading, discussion, and evaluation skills in introductory proof courses.
Findings
Students improved their ability to critique proofs.
Students learned to evaluate online mathematical resources.
Enhanced understanding of professional proof practices.
Abstract
We discuss two proof evaluation activities meant to promote the acquisition of learning behaviors of professional mathematics within an introductory undergraduate proof-writing course. These learning behaviors include the ability to read and discuss mathematics critically, reach a consensus on correctness and clarity as a group, and verbalize what qualities ``good`` proofs possess. The first of these two activities involves peer review and the second focuses on evaluating the quality of internet resources. All of the activities involve groupwork and reflective discussion questions to develop students' experience with these practices of professional mathematics.
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Taxonomy
TopicsMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques · Statistics Education and Methodologies · Teaching and Learning Programming
