Case study on mathematics pre-service teachers' difficulties in problem posing

This research is presented in a way that provides useful knowledge for successful problem posing by mathematics pre-service teachers. We present a review of the concept of mathematical creativity (by different authors) and review studies that underline the relevance of problem posing in teaching mat...

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Autores: Mallart Solaz, Albert|||0000-0003-3442-1551, Font, Vicenç|||0000-0003-1405-0458, Diez-Palomar, Javier|||0000-0003-4447-1595
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:307003
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/307003
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.29333/ejmste/83682
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ensenyament de la matemàtica
Professors de matemàtica
Solució de problemes
Competències transversals
Mathematics education
Mathematics teachers
Generic competences
Creativity
Pre-service teachers
Problem posing
Problem solving
Competences
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Sumario:This research is presented in a way that provides useful knowledge for successful problem posing by mathematics pre-service teachers. We present a review of the concept of mathematical creativity (by different authors) and review studies that underline the relevance of problem posing in teaching mathematics, studies that consider problem posing a way to identify students' learning patterns and to test them, and studies that relate mathematical competences to problem posing. Participants in the study were 10 pre-service teachers who were successful in problem solving. Data were gathered through qualitative techniques: classroom observations, sequences of tasks, questionnaires, student focus groups and discussion. The case study illustrated some of pre-service teachers' difficulties in problem posing: creating problems that students recognize as relevant to their everyday lives, problems adapted to the school curriculum at a specific educational level, and problems that can be self-corrected.