NECESSARY REALIGNMENTS FROM MENTAL ARGUMENTATION TO PROOF PRESENTATION
Joanna Mαμονα-Dοwns, Martin L. N. Downs · 2010
On the other hand, the usual style of presentation of proof can seem 'monolithic'. It denies in most cases not only a history of aborted attempts, but also it does not communicate essential conceptual and cognitive input that supported the initial formation of the proof. In this respect, reading a proof has a facet that has to be deciphered. When assessing proofs we should not be only concerned in investigating the 'mechanics' that explain how a given proof succeeds in what it was meant to achieve. We also should be concerned with the creative processes involved in producing the 'mechanics' in the first place.