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Productive Struggle: How Struggle in Mathematics can Impact Teaching and Learning
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Gray, Erin
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555413285747264
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2019, Master of Mathematical Sciences, Ohio State University, Mathematics.
Abstract
Mathematics education scholars have described perseverance and creative thinking through rich tasks as an essential element in developing deeper understanding of mathematics. The constant of productive struggle has been coined to highlight the importance of sense-making in the process. In this paper, we discuss the connection between problem solving and productive struggle. We give a definition of productive struggle and provide a description of instructional factors that tent to nurture the student's disposition for developing student mindset towards perseverance through struggle. We describe potential benefits from engaging in productive struggle and provide activities that have the potential to support productive struggle.
Committee
Bart Snapp (Advisor)
Rodica Costin (Advisor)
Azita Manouchehri (Committee Member)
Pages
75 p.
Subject Headings
Mathematics
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Mathematics Education
Keywords
productive struggle
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mathematics
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Gray, E. (2019).
Productive Struggle: How Struggle in Mathematics can Impact Teaching and Learning
[Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555413285747264
APA Style (7th edition)
Gray, Erin.
Productive Struggle: How Struggle in Mathematics can Impact Teaching and Learning.
2019. Ohio State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555413285747264.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Gray, Erin. "Productive Struggle: How Struggle in Mathematics can Impact Teaching and Learning." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555413285747264
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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