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Higher Order Thinking in Primary School Mathematics Education

Mon, April 16, 2:15 to 3:45pm, New York Hilton Midtown, Floor: Second Floor, Gramercy Room East

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This symposium aims to present new knowledge on fostering higher-order thinking in mathematics in primary school. While, internationally, awareness is increasing that the foundation of mathematical higher-order thinking should be laid at a young age, in the Dutch primary school curriculum higher-order thinking is almost absent. To provide evidence for ways of making the current ‘flat’ mathematics curriculum more mathematical, the ‘Beyond Flatland’ project is investigating, in three experimental studies in fifth-grade classes, what opportunities-to-learn higher-order thinking can be offered regarding the content domains of (i) dynamic data modeling, (ii) early algebra, and (iii) probability. Among other things, results from these studies contribute to understanding the role of embodied experiences in developing domain-specific higher-order thinking in primary mathematics education.

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