Problem solving heuristics in middle school mathematics textbooks in Saudi Arabia.

Autor/inn/en	Alafaleq, Manahel; Fan, Lianghuo
Titel	Problem solving heuristics in middle school mathematics textbooks in Saudi Arabia.
Quelle	Aus: Jones, Keith (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics Textbook Research and Development (ICMT-2014). Southampton: University of Southampton (2014) S. 121-126 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen; Literaturangaben S. 126
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-0-85432-984-7; 978-0-85432-985-4
Schlagwörter	Problemlösen; Mathematikunterricht; Saudi-Arabien; Schulbuch; Unterricht; Problemlösen; Sekundarstufe I; Schulbuch; Unterricht; Mathematikunterricht; Online-Publikation; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	In Saudi Arabia, like many other countries, teaching solving problems is a main goal of teaching mathematics and a central concern of mathematics educators and mathematics curriculum developers. As textbooks are fundamental resources in Saudi classrooms, this study investigates how the national middle school mathematics textbooks in Saudi Arabia represent problem solving heuristics. We established a framework for coding heuristics into different categories such as "guess and check", "look for pattern", "draw a diagram", etc. The data were collected from three textbooks used in Grades 7, 8 and 9 through analyzing all examples problems in the textbooks. The findings show that all the textbooks represent a good number of problems and in total there are fourteen heuristics presented in the textbooks, though most of which are found in Grades 7 and 8. It is hoped that the findings of the study will shed light on the potential challenges and opportunities for textbooks developers to further improve textbook quality in terms of mathematical problem solving.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2017/1