Creativity in mathematics and the education of gifted students / / edited by Roza Leikin, Abraham Berman, Boris Koichu.

• TeilnehmendeR: Leikin, Roza,; Berman, Abraham,; Koichu, Boris,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Boston ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book breaks through in the field of mathematical creativity and giftedness. It suggests directions for closing the gap between research in the field of mathematics education and research in the field of creativity and giftedness. It also outlines a research agenda for further research and development in the field. The book consists of a balanced set of chapters by mathematicians, mathematics educators, educational psychologists and educational researchers. The authors of different chapters accept dynamic conception of creativity and giftedness. The book provides analysis of cognitive, affective and social factors associated with the development of creativity in all students and with the realisation of mathematical talent in gifted students. It contains theoretical essays, research reports, historical overviews, recommendations for curricular design, and insights about promotion of mathematical creativity and giftedness at different levels. The readers will find many examples of challenging mathematical problems intended at developing or examining mathematical creativity and giftedness as well as ideas for direct implementation in school and tertiary mathematics courses. They will also find theoretical models that can be used in researching students’ creativity and giftedness. Research reports enlighten relationships between excellence in mathematics and creativity and examine different aspects of inquiry-based environment as a powerful way for developing mathematical creativity in school students. The readers can also learn about characteristics of creativity of research mathematicians.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- The Pleasure of Teaching the Gifted and the Honour of Learning from them / Avi Berman and Gilah Leder -- Teaching the Mathematically Gifted: an Attempt at a Historical Analysis / Alexander Karp -- Intellectual Courage and Mathematical Creativity / Nitsa Movshovitz-Hadar and Israel Kleiner -- In the Words of the Creators / Peter Liljedahl -- Challenge in Mathematics Learning – Where to from here? / Peter Taylor -- Developing Mathematical Creativity – Questions may be the Answer / Linda Jensen Sheffield -- Educational Technology and Curricular Design: Promoting Mathematical Creativity for All Students / Michal Yerushalmy -- Mathematical Giftedness as a Quality of Problem-Solving Acts / Roza Leikin , Boris Koichu and Abraham Berman -- Exploring Mathematical Creativity Using Multiple Solution Tasks / Roza Leikin -- Talent Loss in Mathematics: Causes and Solutions / Roberta M. Milgram and Eunsook Hong -- The Psychosocial Dimensions of Creativity in Mathematics / Rena F. Subotnik , Erika Pillmeier and Linda Jarvin -- The Affective Domain and Students’ Mathematical Inventiveness / Gerald A. Goldin -- On Being a Gifted Adolescent: Developmental, Affective, and Social Issues / Inbal Shani-Zinovich and Moshe Zeidner -- On Excellence and Creativity: a Study of Gifted and Expert Students / Rama Klavir and Malka Gorodetsky -- Education of Gifted Children: a General Roadmap and the Case of Israel / Baruch Nevo and Shlomit Rachmel -- Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness in Elementary School: Task and Teacher Promoting Creativity for All / Sara Hershkovitz , Irit Peled and Graham Littler -- Anecdotes and Assertions about Creativity in the Working Mathematics Classroom / Mark Applebaum and Mark Saul -- Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness in Out-of-school Activities / Boris Koichu and Agnis Andžāns -- Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness in the Professional Development of Teachers / Ruhama Even , Ronnie Karsenty and Alex Friedlander -- Creativity in Learning to Reason Informally about Statistical Inference in Primary School / Dani Ben-Zvi , Einat Gil and Naomi Apel -- Snapshots of Creativity in Undergraduate Mathematics Education / Rina Zazkis and Derek Holton -- Mathematical E-nrichment: Problem-of-the-week Model / Viktor Freiman -- Bridging Research and Theory in Mathematics Education with Research and Theory in Creativity and Giftedness / Roza Leikin.