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ERIC Number: EJ1374998
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-739X
EISSN: EISSN-1464-5211
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The Relationship between Notions of Infinity and Strategies Used to Compare Enumerable Infinite Sets
Homaeinejad, Maryam; Barahmand, Ali; Seif, Asghar
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, v53 n12 p3307-3325 2022
This article aims at examining the relationship between students' expressed notions of infinity and strategies used to compare the cardinalities of infinite sets. The notions of infinity were classified into two categorizations of potential and actual infinity, and the strategies were classified as part-whole, single infinity, incomparability and one-to-one correspondence. The participants were 104 senior high-school students and the data were collected through a questionnaire consisting of two parts. Analysis of the data showed that, despite the existence of inconsistent responses, there was a significant relationship between the notions of infinity and the strategies used to compare enumerable infinite sets, although the relation was not strong.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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