{"title":"A gentle alert on the definitions of basic algebraic structures","authors":"Jonathan Hoseana","doi":"10.1080/0020739x.2023.2268060","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"AbstractWe provide a gentle alert that the standard definitions of basic algebraic structures—such as that of a group—contain aspects that may be questionable to students, and discuss what instructors could do to minimise the questionability.KEYWORDS: Definitionalgebraic structuregroup2020 MSC SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION: 97H40 Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.","PeriodicalId":14026,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739x.2023.2268060","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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AbstractWe provide a gentle alert that the standard definitions of basic algebraic structures—such as that of a group—contain aspects that may be questionable to students, and discuss what instructors could do to minimise the questionability.KEYWORDS: Definitionalgebraic structuregroup2020 MSC SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION: 97H40 Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.
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Mathematics is pervading every study and technique in our modern world, bringing ever more sharply into focus the responsibilities laid upon those whose task it is to teach it. Most prominent among these is the difficulty of presenting an interdisciplinary approach so that one professional group may benefit from the experience of others. The International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology provides a medium by which a wide range of experience in mathematical education can be presented, assimilated and eventually adapted to everyday needs in schools, colleges, polytechnics, universities, industry and commerce. Contributions will be welcomed from lecturers, teachers and users of mathematics at all levels on the contents of syllabuses and methods of presentation.