"Culture of Solving Problems" - one approach to assessing pupils' culture of mathematics problem solving
2014
Abstract
In the paper, Culture of Solving Problems - a tool for evaluating pupil problem solving in mathematics - is presented and analyzed. The Culture of Problem Solving consists of four components: Intelligence, Creativity, Reading texts with comprehension (tested by psychological tests), and Ability to use the existing knowledge (tested by solution of a set of mathematical problems).
The results gained using the tool are sometimes very surprising. Deviations from the standard results can only be explained with the help of interviews with the pupils' teachers of mathematics.
Some of the possible explanations for these deviations are also illustrated in the paper.