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Candace Walkington; Matthew Bernacki; Min Wang; Brooke Istas; Meghan Greene – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
Mathematical problem posing, or authoring mathematical tasks, can allow students to integrate their interests and experiences into the classroom. Little research has explored different designs for scaffolding or facets of posed problem quality, particularly when problem posing is based on students' interests. We created an environment that enabled…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving, STEM Education, STEM Careers
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Srinivasan, V. K. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2010
The author introduces the birthday problem in this article. This can amuse willing members of any birthday party. This problem can also be used as the motivational first day lecture in number theory for the gifted students in high schools or in community colleges or in undergraduate classes in colleges.
Descriptors: High Schools, Academically Gifted, Number Concepts, Birth