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Problem-posing strategies used by years 8 and 9 students.
Australian Mathematics Teacher
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September 22, 2005|
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Introduction
According to Kilpatrick (1987), in the mathematics classrooms problem posing can be applied as a goal or as a means of instruction. Using problem posing as a goal of instruction involves asking students to respond to a range of problem-posing prompts. The main goal of this paper is a classification of mathematics questions created by Years 8 and 9 students in response to a problem-posing prompt based on a specific question presented.
The task
At the beginning of the school year, two classes of Years 8 and 9 students, without any ...
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