Case Study on Mathematics Pre-service Teachers’ Difficulties in Problem Posing

Albert Mallart; Vicenç Font; Javier Diez

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Albert Mallart ¹ ² ^* , Vicenç Font ², Javier Diez ²

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¹ Princep de Girona High School, Barcelona, SPAIN² Barcelona University, Faculty of Education, Dept. of Mathematics Education, Barcelona, SPAIN^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This research is presented in a way that provides useful knowledge for successful problem posing by mathematics pre-service teachers. We present a review of the concept of mathematical creativity (by different authors) and review studies that underline the relevance of problem posing in teaching mathematics, studies that consider problem posing a way to identify students’ learning patterns and to test them, and studies that relate mathematical competences to problem posing. Participants in the study were 10 pre-service teachers who were successful in problem solving. Data were gathered through qualitative techniques: classroom observations, sequences of tasks, questionnaires, student focus groups and discussion. The case study illustrated some of pre-service teachers’ difficulties in problem posing: creating problems that students recognize as relevant to their everyday lives, problems adapted to the school curriculum at a specific educational level, and problems that can be self-corrected.

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creativity
pre-service teachers
Problem Posing
problem solving
competences

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2018, 1465-1481

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Mallart, A., Font, V., & Diez, J. (2018). Case Study on Mathematics Pre-service Teachers’ Difficulties in Problem Posing. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(4), 1465-1481. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/83682

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Mallart A, Font V, Diez J. Case Study on Mathematics Pre-service Teachers’ Difficulties in Problem Posing. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(4):1465-81. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/83682

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Mallart A, Font V, Diez J. Case Study on Mathematics Pre-service Teachers’ Difficulties in Problem Posing. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(4), 1465-1481. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/83682

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Mallart, Albert, Vicenç Font, and Javier Diez. "Case Study on Mathematics Pre-service Teachers’ Difficulties in Problem Posing". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2018 14 no. 4 (2018): 1465-1481. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/83682

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Mallart, A., Font, V., and Diez, J. (2018). Case Study on Mathematics Pre-service Teachers’ Difficulties in Problem Posing. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(4), pp. 1465-1481. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/83682

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Mallart, Albert et al. "Case Study on Mathematics Pre-service Teachers’ Difficulties in Problem Posing". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 4, 2018, pp. 1465-1481. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/83682