Can mathematical problem solving be taught? Preliminary answers from 30 years of research

FK Lester Jr, J Cai - Posing and solving mathematical problems: Advances …, 2016 - Springer
In this chapter, the authors note that during the past 30 years there have been significant
advances in our understanding of the affective, cognitive, and metacognitive aspects of …

Problem-solving in mathematics education

M Santos-Trigo - Encyclopedia of mathematics education, 2020 - Springer
University mathematics teachers are the people who teach mathematics in a university to
mathematics undergraduates, students in science or engineering, business or economics …

Engaging pre-service middle-school teacher-education students in mathematical problem posing: Development of an active learning framework

NF Ellerton - Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013 - Springer
Although official curriculum documents make cursory mention of the need for problem
posing in school mathematics, problem posing rarely becomes part of the implemented or …

Mathematical problem posing as a measure of curricular effect on students' learning

J Cai, JC Moyer, N Wang, S Hwang, B Nie… - Educational Studies in …, 2013 - Springer
In this study, we used problem posing as a measure of the effect of middle-school curriculum
on students' learning in high school. Students who had used a standards-based curriculum …

Mathematics learning in Chinese contexts

M Ding, Y Wu, Q Liu, J Cai - ZDM–Mathematics Education, 2022 - Springer
In this survey paper we focus on mathematics learning in Chinese contexts, as a way to
contribute to broader discussions about mathematical learning. We first review the features …

La resolución de problemas matemáticos: avances y perspectivas en la construcción de una agenda de investigación y práctica

LMS Trigo - Investigación en educación matemática XII, 2008 - dialnet.unirioja.es
La resolución de problemas es dominio de estudio que ha influido notablemente en las
agendas de investigación en educación matemática y en las propuestas del currículum …

Understanding the relation between mathematics vocabulary and mathematics performance: A meta-analysis

X Lin, P Peng, J Zeng - The Elementary School Journal, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
In this meta-analysis of 40 studies with 55 independent samples and 7,988 participants, we
examined the relation between mathematics vocabulary (MV) and mathematics …

Distinct roles of self-oriented and socially prescribed perfectionism in Chinese adolescent students' achievement goals, classroom affect, and academic achievement

Y Jiang, E Konorova - Learning and Individual Differences, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigated the reasons and processes through which self-oriented perfectionism and
socially prescribed perfectionism demonstrate different predictive utilities in relation to …

An analysis of problem-posing tasks in Chinese and US elementary mathematics textbooks

J Cai, C Jiang - International Journal of Science and Mathematics …, 2017 - Springer
This paper reports on 2 studies that examine how mathematical problem posing is
integrated in Chinese and US elementary mathematics textbooks. Study 1 involved a …

The relation between mathematics vocabulary and mathematics performance among fourth graders

P Peng, X Lin - Learning and Individual differences, 2019 - Elsevier
The role of mathematics vocabulary in mathematics has received increasing attention in
recent years. Most prior relevant research focused on students in preschool and early …