Intellectual challenge in mathematics teaching in lower secondary schools

• Published in: Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun
• Main Authors: Sigurjónsson, Jóhann Örn, Gísladóttir, Berglind
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2020
• Subjects: mathematics education; intellectual challenge; teaching quality; video-based studies; analytical thinking; stærðfræðimenntun; vitsmunaleg áskorun; gæði kennslu; myndbandsrannsóknir; greinandi hugsun; Örn; Plato; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/tuuom/article/view/3281; https://doi.org/10.24270/tuuom.2020.29.8

The aim of this study was to assess the level of intellectual challenge offered to students in lower secondary mathematics in Iceland as it appears in mathematical tasks and in the enactment of tasks in the classroom. The national curriculum explicitly states that students should learn to explain th...