Problem Solving in Mathematics Education

Liljedahl, Peter

Santos-Trigo, Manuel

Malaspina, Uldarico

Bruder, Regina

2016

Springer

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.

Problem solving -- Study and teaching

Educational technology

Mathematics -- Study and teaching

Education

Mathematics & science

English

978-3-319-40729-6 (Print)

978-3-319-40730-2 9 (Online)