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Gravier, Sylvain; Ouvrier-Buffet, Cécile – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2022
Discrete mathematics brings interesting problems for teaching and learning proof, with accessible objects such as integers (arithmetic), graphs (modeling, order) or polyominoes (geometry). Many problems that are still open can be explained to a large public. The objects can be manipulated by simple dynamic operations (removing, adding, 'gluing',…
Descriptors: Mathematical Logic, Problem Solving, Mathematical Concepts, Epistemology
Robert J. Fisher – Chemical Engineering Education, 2025
Strategies are proposed that promote use of an Integrated Applied Mathematics (IAM) approach to enhance teaching of advanced problem-solving and analysis skills. Three scenarios of 1-dimensional transport processes are presented that support using Error Function analyses when considering short time/small penetration depths in finite geometries.…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Mathematics, Problem Solving, Skill Development
Hong, Wei; Star, Jon R.; Liu, Ru-De; Jiang, Ronghuan; Fu, Xinchen – Educational Psychology Review, 2023
Mathematical flexibility has been widely acknowledged as an important learning goal in mathematical education and has received increasing research attention in order to explore its nature, facilitating mechanisms, and promotion interventions. Given that researchers conceptualize, assess, and explain flexibility in mathematical problem solving from…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving
Gallagher, Keith; Bergman, Anna Marie; Zazkis, Rina – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2022
Backward transfer refers to the influence on prior knowledge of the acquisition and generalisation of new knowledge. Studies of backward transfer of mathematical knowledge have focused on content that is closely related in time and in curricular sequencing. Employing the notion of thickening understanding, we describe instances of transfer that…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Transfer of Training, Mathematics Instruction, Learner Engagement
Candace Walkington; Matthew Bernacki; Elizabeth Leyva; Brooke Istas – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2025
Algebra has been identified as a gatekeeper to careers in STEM, but little research exists on how algebra appears for practitioners in the workplace. Surveys and interviews were conducted with 77 STEM practitioners from a variety of fields, examining how they reported using algebraic functions in their work. Survey and interview reports suggest…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics, Computation, Mathematical Formulas
Parhizgar, Zakieh; Dehbashi, Atefe; Liljedahl, Peter; Alamolhodaei, Hassan – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
Many studies have investigated students' problem-posing activities. However, there has not been a strong focus on affective aspects in mathematical problem-posing. Also, students' understanding of the function concept whilst generating functions has not previously been investigated. This paper investigated students' misconceptions of the function…
Descriptors: Females, High School Students, Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts
Glaister, P. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2019
In this note we introduce an infinite series which represents an interesting challenge for students with the relevant background.
Descriptors: Mathematical Formulas, Mathematics, Problem Solving, Fractions
Lara Du – ProQuest LLC, 2020
In the first main section of this thesis, I investigate superirreducible polynomials over fields of positive characteristic and also over [set of rational numbers] and [set of integers]. An n-superirreducible polynomial f(x) is an irreducible polynomial that remains irreducible under substitutions f(g(x)) for g of degree at most n. I find…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics, Arithmetic, Problem Solving
Wu, Wan-Rou; Yang, Kai-Lin – Cogent Education, 2022
This review study synthesises the literature on how computational thinking (CT) and mathematical thinking (MT) are integrated into mathematics education research with a focus on tasks. A review of 28 relevant articles on the Web of Science Core Collection database indicated that (1) CT helps students develop and apply mathematical concepts and…
Descriptors: Computation, Mathematics Education, Thinking Skills, Relationship
Giovannina Albano; Samuele Antonini; Annamaria Miranda – International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2024
This paper aims at defining and exploring design principles in a distance technological setting for an educational activity for mathematics undergraduate students, devoted to the construction of basic concepts in general topology, the promotion of problem-solving processes, the development of metacognitive aspects, and, in general, the development…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Topology
Chirove, Munyaradzi; Mogari, David; Ogbonnaya, Ugorji I. – Waikato Journal of Education, 2022
This study explored students' mathematics-related beliefs and the relationship between the beliefs and their strategies for solving non-routine mathematical problems. The study was guided by Daskalogianni and Simpson's 2001 belief systems categories and strategies for non-routine mathematical problems. The participants were 625 grade 11 students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 11, Student Attitudes
Stupel, Moshe; Oxman, Victor – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2018
The solution of problems and the provision of proofs have always played a crucial part in mathematics. In fact, they are the heart and soul of this discipline. Moreover, the use of different techniques and methods of proof in the same mathematical field, or by combining fields, for the same specific problem, can show the interrelations between the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Geometry, Problem Solving, Mathematical Logic
Tursucu, Süleyman; Spandaw, Jeroen; de Vries, Marc J. – Research in Science Education, 2020
Students in upper secondary education encounter difficulties in applying mathematics in physics. To improve our understanding of these difficulties, we examined symbol sense behavior of six grade 10 physics students solving algebraic physic problems. Our data confirmed that students did indeed struggle to apply algebra to physics, mainly because…
Descriptors: Physics, Secondary School Students, Science Instruction, Mathematics
Clements, Douglas H.; Sarama, Julie – Education Sciences, 2018
Myths about early education abound. Many beliefs people hold about early math have a grain of truth in them, but as a whole are not true--they are largely myths. But the myths persist, and many harm children. In this article, we address ubiquitous math myths that may be negatively affecting many young students. We conclude that avoiding the myths…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Concepts
de Mestre, Neville – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2017
Around 430 BCE it is reported that a typhoid epidemic carried off about a quarter of the population of Athens in ancient Greece. When the gods were asked what could be done to halt this raging epidemic, they apparently replied that the altar in the Temple of Apollo in Delios would have to be doubled in size. After several attempts to double the…
Descriptors: History, Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Measurement