Problem Solving in Mathematics Education

By: Peter Liljedahl and Regina Bruder and Manuel Santos-Trigo and Uldarico Malaspina

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Synopsis: This survey book reviews four interrelated areas: (i) the relevance of heuristics in problem-solving approaches why they are important and what research tells us about their use; (ii) the need to characterize and foster creative problem-solving approaches what type of heuristics helps learners devise and practice creative solutions; (iii) the importance that learners formulate and pursue their own problems; and iv) the role played by the use of both multiple-purpose and ad hoc mathematical action types of technologies in problem-solving contexts what ways of reasoning learners construct when they rely on the use of digital technologies, and how technology and technology approaches can be reconciled. "