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Publication Date: 2021
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Mathematical Proficiency as the Basis for Assessment: A Literature Review and Its Potentialities
CorrĂȘa, Priscila D.; Haslam, Dayna
Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, v12 n4 p3-20 Win 2020-2021
Mathematics teaching and learning goes beyond computations and procedures; it rather includes complex problem-solving and critical thinking. Kilpatrick, Swafford, and Findell (2001) identify five mathematical competencies that are present in mathematics learning: conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, adaptive reasoning, strategic competence, and productive disposition. Although these competencies are named and discussed throughout mathematics literature, there is little to be said about the assessment practices that could be used to evaluate these five competencies. This paper offers a literature review that portrays the scarce ways in which mathematical proficiency is partially being used as the basis to assess mathematics. Most of the work that has been researched shows the use of the mathematical proficiency competencies in mathematics instruction and not in mathematics assessment. Using an action research approach, this study intends to have teacher participants and researchers working collectively in a classroom-based assessment methodology, which applies and evaluates assessment practices grounded on all five components of mathematical proficiency. These practices have the potential to inform teachers' practices towards the further development of students' mathematical proficiency.
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Teaching Methods, Action Research, Critical Thinking, Concept Formation, Abstract Reasoning, Mathematical Concepts, Learning Processes, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Tests
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