%0 Journal Article %T Actividad demostrativa: participar en la producci¨®n de un teorema %A MOLINA %A ¨®SCAR %A SAMPER %A CARMEN %A PERRY %A PATRICIA %A CAMARGO %A LEONOR %J Revista Integraci¨®n %D 2011 %I Universidad Industrial de Santander %X abstract. we analyze the proving activity of three students of a university geometry course, when they were working collaboratively to solve a problem. underlying the solution process is the production of a theorem within a determined theory. with the purpose of describing the students¡¯ participation, the analysis concentrates in identifying and keeping track of the mathematical ideas that emerge and in identifying, in the students¡¯ actions, the three aspects that, according to habermas, characterize a rational behavior (teleological, epistemic and communicative). the findings permit us to affirm that undergraduate students can produce a theorem. %K produce a theorem %K participation %K rational behavior %K proving activity %K euclidean geometry %K university education. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-419X2011000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en