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E. Taranto; G. Colajanni; A. Gobbi; M. Picchi; A. Raffaele – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
Operations Research (OR) is a branch of applied mathematics that deals with optimization problems arising from different real contexts. The solving process of its problems is based on the construction and resolution of mathematical models, showing the possible connections between mathematics and the real world. Nevertheless, OR is not typically…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning, Information Technology, Mathematics Instruction
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Craig, Tracy S. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2011
The aim of this article is to present a scheme for coding and categorizing students' written explanations of mathematical problem-solving activities. The scheme was used successfully within a study project carried out to determine whether student problem-solving behaviour could be positively affected by writing explanatory strategies to…
Descriptors: Student Problems, Problem Solving, Classification, Foreign Countries