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Infinity is a significant element for understanding calculus, yet studies consistently suggest that its counter-intuitive nature confused college students. The purpose of this study was to investigate Taiwanese college students’ perceptions of paradoxes of the infinity and observe how their perspectives shifted back and forth while facing contradictory facts. It was found the 1-1 correspondence was the most used criterion for comparing the cardinality of infinite sets, which is somewhat different from previous studies, and students’ reasoning on Zeno’s paradoxes was feeble. The study suggests future research of this line should pay attention to the dialectical process of students’ discourse to detect their core beliefs about the infinity. |
