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Exploring middle school teachers’ views about problem-posing tasks 探究初中教师对问题任务的看法

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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2024.101140

Jaepil Han, Stephen Hwang, Faith Muirhead, Jinfa Cai

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Validating a measure of graph selection and graph reasoning for dynamic situations 验证动态情况下图形选择和图形推理的衡量标准

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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2024.101137

Courtney Donovan , Heather Lynn Johnson , Robert Knurek , Kristin A. Whitmore , Livvia Bechtold

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The influence of problem-posing task situation: Prospective primary teachers working with fractions 提出问题的任务情境的影响：从事分数教学的准小学教师

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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2024.101139

Diana Sosa-Martín , Josefa Perdomo-Díaz , Alicia Bruno , Rut Almeida, Israel García-Alonso

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How mothers’ mathematical positioning relates to their images of mathematics and interactions with children 母亲的数学定位如何与她们的数学形象以及与孩子的互动相关联

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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2024.101141

Sam Prough

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Parental support for mathematical problem solving: Proximal and distal influences within the religious practice of tithing 父母对数学问题解决的支持：什一奉献宗教习俗中的近端和远端影响因素

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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101102

Edd V. Taylor , Tracy E. Dobie

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Investigating boundaries and boundary crossing between mathematics and visual art teaching in a collaborative setting 在合作环境中探究数学与视觉艺术教学之间的界限和跨越界限问题

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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2024-02-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2024.101138

Chrysoula Choutou, Despina Potari

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Analogical structure sense: A case study of students’ analogical reasoning between groups and rings 类比结构感：学生在组与环之间进行类比推理的案例研究

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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2024.101136

Michael D. Hicks , Kyle Flanagan

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Teachers' mathematical problem posing: The role of processes and complexity levels in posing problems on the fraction part-whole concept 教师提出数学问题：过程和复杂程度在提出分数部分-整体概念问题中的作用

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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2024-02-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2024.101134

Constantinos Christou, Demetra Pitta-Pantazi, Maria Chimoni

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Considering, piloting, scaling and sustaining a research-based precalculus curriculum and professional development innovation 考虑、试点、推广和维持基于研究的微积分先修课程和专业发展创新

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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2024-02-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2024.101126

Marilyn P. Carlson , Alan E. O’Bryan , Jeremy F. Strayer , Timothy H. McNicholl , Jess E. Hagman

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The road to “good” problems goes through initial responses to stimulating socio-mathematical situations 通向 "好 "问题的道路要通过对激励性社会数学情境的初步反应来实现

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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2024-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2024.101135

Igor’ Kontorovich

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