October 24th, 2008 3:00 PM Location: 630SEO

Colloquium

Guershon Harel, Professor, University of California, San Diego

Guershon Harel's research is on how students understand proof (as well as previous work on rational number & fractions).

Publications: http://math.ucsd.edu/~harel/Research/1Publications.htm

• Harel, G. (2008). What is Mathematics? A Pedagogical Answer to a Philosophical Question. In R. B. Gold & R. Simons (Eds.), Current Issues in the Philosophy of Mathematics From the Perspective of Mathematicians, Mathematical American Association
  
  
• Harel, G. (2008). DNR Perspective on Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction: Focus on Proving, Part I. Zentralblatt fuer Didaktik der Mathematik, 40, 487–500.
  
  
• Harel, G. (in press). DNR Perspective on Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction, Part II. Zentralblatt fuer Didaktik der Mathematik.