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Epistemological Beliefs and Critical Thinking in Mathematics

Qualitative and Quantitative Studies with Pre-Service Teachers

Benjamin Rott (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XVI, 162 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-33538-0 (ISBN)

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Epistemological beliefs-i.e. beliefs on the nature of knowledge, its limits, sources, and justification-play an important role both in everyday life and in learning processes. This book comprises several studies dealing with such beliefs in the domain of mathematics; amongst others a qualitative interview study, and quantitative studies for which a new questionnaire has been developed. In this new instrument, belief position (e.g. "mathematical knowledge is certain" vs. "uncertain") and belief argumentation (the way those positions are justified) are differentiated. Additionally, a test for mathematical critical thinking has been designed.The results show significant correlations between sophisticated belief argumentations and high scores in the critical thinking test, but no correlations regarding belief positions.

lt;b>Dr. Benjamin Rott is Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Cologne. His research focuses on mathematical problem solving, beliefs, and giftedness. The present work was written as a postdoctoral thesis (Habilitation) at the University of Education Freiburg.

Introduction.- Interviews Regarding Epistemological Beliefs.- Measuring Mathematical Critical Thinking.- Critical Thinking and Epistemological Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers.- Epistemological Beliefs and Critical Thinking in Pre-Service Teacher Education.- Inductive and Deductive Justification of Knowledge.- Summary and Outlook.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.03.2021
Reihe/Serie	Freiburger Empirische Forschung in der Mathematikdidaktik
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 162 p. 21 illus.
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	242 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Belief Sophistication • Certainty of Knowledge • critical thinking • mathematical beliefs • Questionnaire Development • Teacher Education
ISBN-10	3-658-33538-6 / 3658335386
ISBN-13	978-3-658-33538-0 / 9783658335380
Zustand	Neuware