File Download
Links for fulltext
(May Require Subscription)
- Publisher Website: 10.3390/math7030297
- Scopus: eid_2-s2.0-85063906323
- WOS: WOS:000464351100002
- Find via
Supplementary
- Citations:
- Appears in Collections:
Article: The Evolution of Mathematical Thinking in Chinese Mathematics Education
Title | The Evolution of Mathematical Thinking in Chinese Mathematics Education |
---|---|
Authors | |
Keywords | China Curriculum standard Four Basics Mathematical method Mathematical thinking |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | MDPI AG. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics |
Citation | Mathematics, 2019, v. 7 n. 3, article no. 297, p. 1-18 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Mathematical thinking (MT) has been one of the most important goals for mathematics education as it can support sustainable mathematics learning. Its role in school mathematics has recently been explicitly identified as one of “Four Basics” in the latest national curriculum standard for compulsory education, which is seen as one of the prominent features of Chinese mathematics education. This paper reviewed definitions, descriptions, and explanations from a historical perspective and aimed to provide a comprehensive and contemporary conceptualization for MT in a Chinese context, which can be applied as a comparison to MT in English works. To achieve this, document analysis was applied in this study. Major official documents, papers, and books were reviewed to see the process of MT conceptualization given by the policy makers and researchers. Results indicated that MT places more emphasis on the process of mathematical methods application in problem solving, such as the method of combination of symbolic and graphic mathematics. Mathematical thought is also recommended by Chinese researchers to help students think like mathematicians. Another major characteristic is that the classification of major types of MT is usually focused on that which can make the concept more understandable. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/269587 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.475 |
ISI Accession Number ID |
DC Field | Value | Language |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.author | Li, N | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mok, IAC | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cao, Y | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-24T08:10:42Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-24T08:10:42Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Mathematics, 2019, v. 7 n. 3, article no. 297, p. 1-18 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2227-7390 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/269587 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Mathematical thinking (MT) has been one of the most important goals for mathematics education as it can support sustainable mathematics learning. Its role in school mathematics has recently been explicitly identified as one of “Four Basics” in the latest national curriculum standard for compulsory education, which is seen as one of the prominent features of Chinese mathematics education. This paper reviewed definitions, descriptions, and explanations from a historical perspective and aimed to provide a comprehensive and contemporary conceptualization for MT in a Chinese context, which can be applied as a comparison to MT in English works. To achieve this, document analysis was applied in this study. Major official documents, papers, and books were reviewed to see the process of MT conceptualization given by the policy makers and researchers. Results indicated that MT places more emphasis on the process of mathematical methods application in problem solving, such as the method of combination of symbolic and graphic mathematics. Mathematical thought is also recommended by Chinese researchers to help students think like mathematicians. Another major characteristic is that the classification of major types of MT is usually focused on that which can make the concept more understandable. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | MDPI AG. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Mathematics | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | China | - |
dc.subject | Curriculum standard | - |
dc.subject | Four Basics | - |
dc.subject | Mathematical method | - |
dc.subject | Mathematical thinking | - |
dc.title | The Evolution of Mathematical Thinking in Chinese Mathematics Education | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Mok, IAC: iacmok@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Mok, IAC=rp00939 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/math7030297 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85063906323 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 297586 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 7 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 297, p. 1 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 297, p. 18 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000464351100002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Switzerland | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2227-7390 | - |