Assessing and understanding U.S. and Chinese students' mathematical thinking Export

@article{citeulike:3098429, abstract = {Abstract\ \ If the main goal of educational research and refinement of instructional program is to improve students' learning, it is necessary to assess students' emerging understandings and to see how they arise. The purpose of this paper is to address issues related to assessments of students' mathematical thinking in cross-national studies and then to discuss the lessons we may learn from these studies to assess and improve students' learning. In particular, the issues related to assessing U.S. and Chinese students' mathematical thinking were discussed. Then, this paper discussed the findings from two studies examining the impact of early algebra learning and teachers' beliefs on U.S. and Chinese students' mathematical thinking. Lastly, the issues related to interpreting and understanding the differences between U.S. and Chinese students' thinking were discussed.}, author = {Cai, Jinfa}, citeulike-article-id = {3098429}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02655726}, day = {7}, doi = {10.1007/BF02655726}, journal = {ZDM}, keywords = {assessment, mathematical, thinking}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {278--290}, posted-at = {2008-08-08 10:11:33}, priority = {2}, title = {Assessing and understanding U.S. and Chinese students' mathematical thinking}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02655726}, volume = {34}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3098429 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3098429 N2 - Abstract  If the main goal of educational research and refinement of instructional program is to improve students' learning, it is necessary to assess students' emerging understandings and to see how they arise. The purpose of this paper is to address issues related to assessments of students' mathematical thinking in cross-national studies and then to discuss the lessons we may learn from these studies to assess and improve students' learning. In particular, the issues related to assessing U.S. and Chinese students' mathematical thinking were discussed. Then, this paper discussed the findings from two studies examining the impact of early algebra learning and teachers' beliefs on U.S. and Chinese students' mathematical thinking. Lastly, the issues related to interpreting and understanding the differences between U.S. and Chinese students' thinking were discussed. IS - 6 JF - ZDM EP - 290 TI - Assessing and understanding U.S. and Chinese students' mathematical thinking VL - 34 SP - 278 KW - assessment KW - mathematical KW - thinking AU - Cai, Jinfa PY - 2002/12/07/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02655726 ER -