This article reports on a post hoc study using a randomised controlled trial with 31,842
students in the Netherlands and an instrument consisting of 21 paired problems. The trial …

Mathematics classroom instruction is generally organised around and delivered through
students' activities on mathematical tasks (Doyle, 1988). International comparative studies …

A team of researchers centred at the University of Melbourne, each with particular areas of
expertise, contributed their analyses of a shared collection of videotape, interview, and …

Problem posing—generating one's own problems—is considered a powerful teaching
approach for fostering students' motivation such as their interest. However, research …

In most response sequences auxiliary responses stop occurring as training increases.
Auxiliary responses are precurrent responses that increase the likelihood of reinforcement …

The synthesis of the findings of a study such as this constitutes a significant challenge. The
aggregative approaches of quantitative research do not apply. Each of the preceding …

In the Netherlands, despite high rankings in international comparative studies, there is a
persistent concern with regard to the literacy and numeracy levels of young adults entering …

A key characteristic of application and modelling tasks involves the embedding of
mathematics in problem contexts, and its extraction and interpretation within the solution …

Over more than twenty-five years of teaching secondary mathematics, I became dedicated to
encouraging students to develop a passion for mathematics by the recognition of its use and …

Technical Report - Knowledge for University Mathematics (KUM) and Mathematics Online
Assessment System (MOAS) Page 1 Rach, Stefanie; Sommerhoff, Daniel und Ufer, Stefan …