ERIC Number: EJ1261962
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Publication Date: 2020-Aug
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Young Students Posing Problem-Solving Tasks: What Does Posing a "Similar" Task Imply to Students?
Palmér, Hanna; van Bommel, Jorryt
ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, v52 n4 p743-752 Aug 2020
This paper focuses on problem solving and problem posing in mathematics education with 6-year-olds. After working on a problem-solving activity, the young students were asked to pose a "similar" task to a friend. This article explores how the students interpret the notion of "similar." To be able to pose a problem-solving task themselves the students had to change perspective, from searching for information to providing information, and from searching for a solution to searching for a question. Also, to create a "similar" task the students had to reflect on the original problem-solving task. Thus, their posed tasks shed light on their interpretation of what the original problem-solving task was really about. The results show that the large majority of the students included some three-dimensional aspects from the original problem-solving task in their posed tasks. However, the questions they posed varied in terms of whether or not they included mathematical elements.
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving, Perspective Taking, Geometry, Transformations (Mathematics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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