Mathematics Problem Posing in Action

Students' Learning, Teachers' Professional Development, and Parental Involvement
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-981-968479-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 639 g

This book provides actual examples of challenging implementations of Math Problem Posing in school, teaching education settings, and home environments. Firstly, it explains how a teacher educator introduced Math Problem Posing to students using concrete tasks and assessment methods. Secondly, it discusses how a teacher educator worked with school teachers to use tasks, assessed students and to develop more tasks. Thirdly, it describes cases on how a teacher educator and parents used Math Problem Posing at home and in out of school settings.  This is a book dedicated to researchers, teachers, students, and parents and also all those who are interested in the use of posing problems for active learning and teaching.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leung, Shuk-kwan S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

How student learn mathematics problem posing.- On variables in research on mathematics problem posing.- A year of incorporating problem-posing into mathematics curriculum of grade.- A study on probability problem-posing in vocational school.- Teachers’ professional development through MPP.- A mathematics teacher educator’s applying the teaching of problem posing for teachers to observe during teacher training workshops.- Engaging elementary prospective teachers in problem posing as assessment.- A study on story telling in problem posing activity for grade three classroom using action research.- Parental involvement and sharing MPP.- Why involving parents in doing MPP.- Posing problems for Fun Fair and Math Trail by involving parents.- Roles of parents in MPP for children in grade 5 and grade 6.

Über Autor(innen)

Shuk-kwan Susan Leung (???) is a professor and former director of the Institute of Education at National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where she also served before as a chair of the Center for Teacher Education. She has had experiences as a teacher in a secondary school in Hong Kong and as a professor in Taiwan (National Sun Yat-sen University, National Chiayi University) and Hong Kong (The Chinese University of Hong Kong). Her scholarly interests include problem solving/posing, teacher education, and parental involvement. She serves on the editorial board for education related journals including two on mathematics education: Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An international journal (MTL) and International Journal on Science and Math Education (IJSME).  She has been active in international forums (ICME, PME) and has journal publications and invited commentary for books.