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Bergqvist, Tomas; Lithner, Johan – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2012
This paper presents a study of the opportunities presented to students that allow them to learn different types of mathematical reasoning during teachers' ordinary task solving presentations. The characteristics of algorithmic and creative reasoning that are seen in the presentations are analyzed. We find that most task solutions are based on…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Logical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Mathematics Instruction
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Sidenvall, Johan; Lithner, Johan; Jäder, Jonas – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
This study reports on an analysis of students' textbook task-solving in Swedish upper secondary school. The relation between types of mathematical reasoning required, used, and the rate of correct task solutions were studied. Rote learning and superficial reasoning were common, and 80% of all attempted tasks were correctly solved using such…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Textbooks, Problem Solving, Secondary School Students
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Lithner, Johan – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2008
This conceptual research framework addresses the problem of rote learning by characterising key aspects of the dominating imitative reasoning and the lack of creative mathematical reasoning found in empirical data. By relating reasoning to thinking processes, student competencies, and the learning milieu it explains origins and consequences of…
Descriptors: Rote Learning, Cognitive Processes, Models, Learning Strategies