Naslov
Empirical Study of Mathematical Creativity and Students' Opinions on Multiple Solution Tasks

Autori
Jukić Matić, Ljerka ; Sliško, Josip

Vrsta, podvrsta
Radovi u časopisima, znanstveni

Izvornik
International journal of mathematical education in science and technology (2022)

Status rada
Prihvaćen

Ključne riječi
mathematical creativity ; multiple solution task ; textbook task ; university students

Sažetak
Creativity and problem solving are considered to be 21st century competencies, therefore promoting mathematical creativity should be an important part of school mathematics. The study presented in this paper is inspired by the notion of mathematical creativity and the utilisation of multiple solution tasks (MSTs) to investigate students’ creativity. Multiple solution tasks are mathematical tasks with an explicit requirement to be solved with different methods. For the purpose of the study, we used a common textbook question which allows multiple solution pathways as our research instrument. This MST was administered to first-year mathematics students along with additional questions related to their experience in school mathematics. The results of the study showed that students had difficulties complying with the demands of the task, but generally have a positive disposition toward MSTs. Moreover, the results underline the necessity of incorporating MSTs in mathematics classroom teaching to create a more coherent corpus of mathematical knowledge. The study also provides an example of how a regular textbook task can be used as an MST.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Matematika, Pedagogija, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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