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Exploring the Relationship between Teachers' Values and Their Choice of Tasks: The Case of Occasioning Mathematical Creativity
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Levenson, Esther S. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2022
When it comes to choosing tasks, values can have a significant impact. This study explores teachers' values as they choose one task from among three that they believe will have the most potential to occasion mathematical creativity in the classroom. Participants' analyses of each task, as well as their reasons for choosing one task as most…
Descriptors: Values, Mathematics Teachers, Creativity, Mathematics Activities
Explaining the Mathematical Creativity of a Young Boy: An Interdisciplinary Venture between Mathematics Education and Psychoanalysis
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Krummheuer, Götz; Leuzinger-Bohleber, Marianne; Müller-Kirchof, Marion; Münz, Melanie; Vogel, Rose – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
First results of the project "Mathematical Creativity of Children at Risk" (MaKreKi) will be presented. The project is conducted in the interdisciplinary research center "Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk" (IDeA [http://www.idea-frankfurt.eu; accessed 7 June 2013]). Combining a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Psychiatry, Creative Thinking, Creativity
A Framework for Assessing Mathematical Creativity in Schoolchildren.
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Haylock, Derek W. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1987
Mathematical creativity is considered important by many mathematics educators. This literature review gives particular attention to attempts to assess creative ability. Two key aspects emerge related to fixations in problem solving and divergent production, and these might form the basic framework for fostering and rewarding mathematical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Divergent Thinking, Educational Research