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Prove It! Graph Theory and Induction: The Next Big Thing

Author:
Jeffrey P. Smith Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio

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Volume 116: Issue 10
Page(s):
788–795
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2023.0056
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Other Topic, Communication, Discourse/Questioning, Reasoning/Sense Making/Proof, Mathematical Practices, Construct viable arguments and critique the resoning of others

Eighth-grade students participated in a two-day lab exploring graph theory. In addition to learning about a completely new topic, they experienced a subtle introduction to proof by induction.

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© 2023 by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.
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08
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Oct 2023
Online Publication Date:
Oct 2023
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