Problem Solving in Mathematics Education (ICME-13 Topical Surveys) - Softcover

Liljedahl, Peter; Santos-Trigo, Manuel; Malaspina, Uldarico; Bruder, Regina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3319407295 ISBN 13: 9783319407296

Publisher: Springer, 2016

Synopsis

This survey book reviews four interrelated areas: (i) the relevance of heuristics in problem-solving approaches – why they are important and what research tells us about their use; (ii) the need to characterize and foster creative problem-solving approaches – what type of heuristics helps learners devise and practice creative solutions; (iii) the importance that learners formulate and pursue their own problems; and iv) the role played by the use of both multiple-purpose and ad hoc mathematical action types of technologies in problem-solving contexts – what ways of reasoning learners construct when they rely on the use of digital technologies, and how technology and technology approaches can be reconciled. 

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About the Author

Peter Liljedahl is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education in the Faculty of Education, an associate member in the Department of Mathematics, and co-director of the David Wheeler Institute for Research in Mathematics Education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. His research interests are creativity, insight, and discovery in mathematics teaching and learning; the role of the affective domain on the teaching and learning of mathematics; the professional growth of mathematics teachers; mathematical problem solving; and numeracy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 3319407295
• ISBN 13: 9783319407296
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 46