The potential of tasks for mathematical learning and its use in instruction: Perspectives of experts from Germany and Taiwan

• Autores: Anke Lindmeier, Ting Wang, Feng-Jui Hsieh, Anik Dreher
• Localización: Proceedings of the 45th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education / coord. por Ceneida Fernández Verdú, Salvador Llinares Ciscar, Ángel Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Núria Planas i Raig, Vol. 3, 2022 (Research Reports Ja – Se), ISBN 978-84-1302-177-5, págs. 139-146
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The potential of tasks to stimulate students’ mathematical thinking and the adequate use of this potential in instruction are prominent indicators for instructional quality. Since the assessment of a task’s potential depends on the aims of instruction, it may be argued that corresponding perspectives vary between cultural contexts. However, so far, this has not been systematically investigated in cross-cultural comparisons. In this study, we investigate whether Western (German; N=17) and East Asian (Taiwanese; N=19) professors of mathematics education have different perspectives on the potential of word problems for students’ learning and the use of this potential in instruction by means of vignettes from a cross-cultural research project. We illustrate how differences reflect cultural aspects of mathematics instruction.