ERIC Number: EJ999493
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Publication Date: 2013-May
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An Investigation of Relationships between Students' Mathematical Problem-Posing Abilities and Their Mathematical Content Knowledge
Van Harpen, Xianwei Y.; Presmeg, Norma C.
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v83 n1 p117-132 May 2013
The importance of students' problem-posing abilities in mathematics has been emphasized in the K-12 curricula in the USA and China. There are claims that problem-posing activities are helpful in developing creative approaches to mathematics. At the same time, there are also claims that students' mathematical content knowledge could be highly related to creativity in mathematics, too. This paper reports on a study that investigated USA and Chinese high school students' mathematical content knowledge, their abilities in mathematical problem posing, and the relationships between students' mathematical content knowledge and their problem-posing abilities in mathematics.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Mathematics Instruction, Investigations, Problem Solving, Mathematics, High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education
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Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; United States
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