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Investigating Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Capacity to Select and Pose Cognitively Demanding Tasks  

Kim, Jung Eun (Mokpo Jungang Girls' Middle School)
Lee, Soo Jin (Korea National University of Education)
Kim, Ji Soo (Bundang-Jungang High School)
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School Mathematics / v.17, no.4, 2015 , pp. 633-652 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of the present study is twofold: one is to understand secondary mathematics teachers' capacity to sort out given tasks based on Stein & Smith(1998)'s Cognitive Demands of Mathematical Task Framework; the second is to examine how the teachers assess the levels of cognitive demand indicated in students' reponses and how they modify the tasks to elicit the students' higher levels of cognitive activity. The analysis of 45 teachers' responses to the survey indicates that the teachers, in general, could select appropriate tasks for the given goal of the lessons but some made the decision merely by their appearances. Even though the teachers chose a particular level with different reasons amongst each other, most teachers could correctly evaluate the levels of cognitive demand of the students' responses. Finally, teachers could pose cognitively demanding tasks using various methods, but a number of them felt challenged in creating word problems that were realistic and aligned with curriculum.
Keywords
levels of cognitive demands; secondary mathematics teachers; mathematical tasks;
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