Middle School Students' Mindsets before and after Open-Ended Problems

Autor/inn/en	Stohlmann, Micah; Huang, Xing; DeVaul, lina
Titel	Middle School Students' Mindsets before and after Open-Ended Problems
Quelle	In: Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 9 (2018) 2, S.27-36 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2156-1400
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Mathematics Instruction; Student Attitudes; Problem Solving; Mathematics Achievement; STEM Education; Science Programs; College School Cooperation; Partnerships in Education; Weekend Programs; Mathematics Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Problemlösen; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; STEM; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Wochenendseminar
Abstract	rowth mindset is an important belief for students to be successful in mathematics and in their current and future lives. Solving open-ended problems also has many positive benefits for students. Little research has been conducted though on growth mindset and mathematics at the middle school level and particularly growth mindset with open-ended problems. This study explored middle school students' mindsets before and after a four-week Saturday program that incorporated open-ended problems. We also looked at the quality of solutions developed by the students. It was found that the students generally had growth mindsets with some fixed ideas at the beginning of the study that improved to strong growth mindsets at the conclusion of the four weeks. The students also improved on their quality of solutions from the first to the last open- ended activity. Implications for the implementation and research of open-ended problems are discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Program in Mathematics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. 525 West 120th Street Box 210-M, New York, NY 10027. Web site: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/jmetc
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01