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- Title
A problem-solving process using the Theory of Didactical Situations: 500 lockers problem.
- Authors
Danişman, Şahin; Güler, Mustafa
- Abstract
The main focus of this study was to examine the mathematical thinking skills of the undergraduates in an adidactical situation. Didactical Situations Theory was adopted to explain and determine the complexity of students’ mathematical thinking. The current case study was conducted with 16 volunteers, pre-service primary school teachers of mathematics and a task called “500 lockers” was used to challenge their reasoning process. The data obtained through observation and student works were analyzed deductively and according to the five stages of adidactical learning described by Brousseau (2002). One of the main results of the study is that the designed learning environment with the given problem context provoked participants to make conjectures and provided them with an opportunity to defend their own hypotheses. Consequently, the implementation of the problem resulted in invaluable reflections enhancing participants’ mathematical thinking.
- Subjects
PROBLEM solving; MATHEMATICS students; PRIMARY school teachers; CLASSROOM environment; MATHEMATICS teachers
- Publication
Teaching Innovations / Inovacije u Nastavi, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 1, p105
- ISSN
0352-2334
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5937/inovacije1901105D