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Problem-posing in teaching university algebra
Citation
Zhao, D., & Lee, P. Y. (1999). Problem-posing in teaching university algebra. In S. P. Loo (Ed.), Proceedings of the MERA-ERA Joint Conference 1999: Educational Challenges in the New Millennium (pp. 940-944). Malaysian Educational Research Association; Educational Research Association (Singapore).
Abstract
Posing or raising appropriate problems is necessary and important for active and deep learning in mathematics. However, students rarely make effort to find thinking problems by themselves. Such an attitude and behavior often lead to passive learning and cause various difficulties and problems in mathematics teaching. The main objective of this paper is to explore the ways to develop students’ ability to find and pose good mathematical problems and thus to promote more active learning in mathematics.
Date Issued
December 1999
Description
This paper was published in the 1999 Proceedings of the MERA-ERA Joint Conference held at Malacca, Malaysia from 1-3 December 1999