ERIC Number: ED660960
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 7
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Developing Complex Unfamiliar Mathematics Questions: A Perspective
David Chinofunga; Philemon Chigeza
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (46th, Gold Coast, Australia, Jun 30-Jul 4, 2024)
This paper reports on the development of complex unfamiliar mathematics questions using conventional mathematics questions. The autoethnographic research data included retrospective reflections of two educators and review of literature. Data analysis resulted in a three-phase development process: identifying conventional questions and subject matter to be modified to enhance levels of understandings and skills, modifying conventional questions and subject matter to complex unfamiliar questions, and identifying enhanced understandings and skills in modified questions. The paper then discusses the educators' insights developing complex unfamiliar mathematics questions for the practice of teaching and learning.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Questioning Techniques, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Skills, Grade 9, Measurement
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
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