Prospective teachers constructing dynamic geometry activities in order to challenge gifted pupils

• Described as fundamentally egalitarian, the Swedish educational system has, until recently, accorded little attention to gifted pupils. We investigated the effects of an instructional intervention for prospective teachers (PTs), i.e., a seminar about mathematical giftedness and problems appealing to gifted pupils. The PTs used dynamic geometry software (DGS) to construct activities for pupils in mixed-ability classrooms. The results indicate that 9 of 10 activities addressed some main characteristics of the gifted, importantly, the ability to generalize mathematical relationships.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Didaktik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Didactics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Dynamic geometry

gifted pupils

mathematics

problems

prospective teachers

software

Mathematics Education

matematikämnets didaktik

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