RT Journal Article T1 Backward Reasoning and Epistemic Actions in Discovering Processes of Strategic Games Problems A1 Barbero, Marta A1 Arzarello, Ferdinando A1 Gómez Chacón, Inés María AB The paper focuses on the cognitive and epistemic characterization of backward reasoning in strategy games resolution. It explores the use of abstraction in context (AiC) theory as a tool for the analysis of the epistemic actions involved in these processes. We follow a qualitative methodology based on design experiments, focusing on a study carried out with mathematics and engineering students. The analysis allowed us to combine the two models derived from the epistemology of mathematical backward reasoning and AiC theory in a unified framework that allowed us to focus both short-term and long-term processes in mathematical activities. Recurring patterns of epistemic actions were identified. PB MDPI SN 2227-7390 YR 2020 FD 2020-06-17 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8384 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8384 LA eng NO This study was funded by IMI Institute special action grant, Programme INVEDUMAT_uni (Research in Mathematical Education at University Level) and Innova-Docencia-UCM-252-2019 in Spain and Science DoctoralSchool of l’Università degli Studi di Torino e il Politecnico di Torino in Italy NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid NO UCM-Instituto de Matemática Interdisciplinar (IMI) NO Università degli Studi di Torino e il Politecnico di Torino DS Docta Complutense RD 10 abr 2025