Interesting textual tasks as creative tools

Author(s):  
Valentina Gogovska

This study aims to promote the use of interesting textual tasks during everyday mathematics classes, especially during solving exercises. Consequently, this should contribute to the possibility for students to obtain long-lasting knowledge while stimulating the process of creative thinking and understanding. Further to encourage students to investigate mathematical concepts on a deeper, more creative level, we use rich and interesting problems that can be explored on a variety of levels. This process should be well planned, though-out and specified. Well-chosen tasks and discussion can not only improve and empower the process of individualisation and differentiation during doing mathematics but also stimulate the process of creative thinking and motivate students in their current learning. These interesting tasks can be solved in a variety of ways and students should be given a chance to explain their reasoning to each other. One interesting task can be used as a springboard for several others. Keywords: Teaching legal translation, ESP, ESL, error analysis.

Author(s):  
Larisa V. Zhuk

The article actualizes the issue of updating the content, methods and means of teaching mathematics at the university within the sociocultural paradigm. A significant contradiction characterizing the crisis situation in the field of higher mathematical education is the mismatch between the traditional organization of the educational process and the powerful developing potential of mathematical disciplines. Being overloaded with a lot of information, altogether with its insufficiently developed anthropological, cultural-like and communicative components, mathematical education hinders the mental development of the learner’s personality in relation to such important qualities as search activity, creativity, and creative thinking. The solution to this problem can be the transformation of the cognitive-information model of learning, the introduction of pedagogical technologies that actualize the sociocultural aspect of mathematical education. The aim of the study is to develop methodological foundations for the implementation of the value-semantic orientation of teaching mathematics at the university, expressed in providing a set of pedagogical conditions related to the selection of content, determination of teaching aids and methods, ways of organizing the interaction of students and a teacher, in which students intelligently master mathematical concepts, and freely operate with them. The didactic conditions for the implementation of the value-semantic orientation of teaching mathematics at the university are: the transformation of mathematical content, expressed in learning from sociocultural experience; the psychodidactic approach, focused on building the students’ self-motivation; the use of teaching methods that provide cognitive and emotional empathy (educational mathematical discourse), the activization of productive mental activity (technology of problematic dialogue); inclusion of non-standard, creative tasks, training cases. Providing these conditions will allow to realize the humanitarian potential of mathematics, to reveal the social, practical and personal significance of the subject matter.


Author(s):  
Adi Candra Kusuma

In understanding abstract mathematical concepts, students need teaching aids such as concrete objects as an intermediary or visualization. The purpose of the research is to obtain skills in making mathematics teaching aids on PGSD University of Civilization students. The research method uses qualitative research with a total of 66 research subjects in the third semester of 2015/2016 Academic Year. Data collection techniques were taken using observation, interviews, documentation. The results obtained from the study provide knowledge of new knowledge, improve skills in making learning support instruments, train the creative thinking of students of the University of Civilization PGSD as a provision of learning strategies when going to be a teacher. This training prepares prospective teachers in explaining mathematical concepts, in learning mathematics, the use of teaching aids is expected to increase student motivation. Motivation can arise because many ideas and new ideas and fun learning contains a variety of information that is relevant to the learning needs of students.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
MEHMET FATIH ÖÇAL ◽  
TUĞRUL KAR ◽  
GÜRSEL GÜLER ◽  
ALI SABRI İPEK

This study aims to investigate the similarities and differences between prospective mathematics teachers’ creative thinking skills in paper-pencil test and on a Geogebra-supported environment in terms of problem-posing. This case study used purposive sampling method for determining the participants. Findings revealed that the activities carried out in the GeoGebra-supported environment were insufficient to produce creative problems, and GeoGebra’s main utility to prospective teachers was in identifying their mistakes related to mathematical concepts and discrepancies among numerical values of the problems posed. The reasons for the low achievement in posing problem were discussed: These were; (i) lack of problem-posing experience, (ii) the structure of problem-posing activity, and (iii) prospective teachers’ mathematical content knowledge.


Author(s):  
Karine Chiknaverova

Teaching legal translation at university causes a number of challenges which are caused by linguistic and sociocultural characteristics of the corresponding original and translation texts and psycholinguistic peculiarities of the second language acquisition process. There are some aspects in teaching legal translation that are rarely under investigation, among them there are issues that arise when shifting from general English to legal translation teaching. The article aims to comprehensively analyse and classify errors that students make during the introductory course of legal translation as well as to reveal the causes thereof. The author is guided by a set of methods including inter alia analysis of research on errors made by foreign language learners, observation and representative method. It concludes with recommendations related to teaching legal translation at the introductory level, summarises sources, types of errors and the ways to minimise and avoid them. Keywords: Teaching legal translation, ESP, ESL, error analysis.


Author(s):  
Tatiana Alekseeva ◽  
Irina Mikhailova

The article outlines the problem of using the potential of toy books in preparing bachelor students for purposeful work on the formation of mathematical concepts in preschool children and suggests the idea of organizing the creative activity of students to design toy books with mathematical content.The article contains an overview of classifications of toy books, pedagogically characterized and methodically described examples-constructs of various types of toy books created by bachelor students. The pedagogical potential of these constructs allows us in this work to consider a toy book as a means of mathematical education for preschool children.The purpose of the study is a theoretical description and empirical understanding of the advantages of using the potential of a toy book with mathematical content in the educational activities of a university for the development of creative thinking of future preschool teachers. To achieve the goal, the following methods were used: theoretical analysis of literary sources, Internet resources, analysis of statistical data and a pedagogical experiment.The results of the study showed difficulties in mastering the method of designing a toy book with mathematical content, revealed the preferences of future educators-educators in choosing one or another type of toy book that dominates in its content a mathematical topic and methodological features of its implementation in the presented design form.The conducted research and analysis of the results allowed us to obtain data on the importance of including in the process of training future teachers-educators a creative technique - the design of toy books with mathematical content. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-64
Author(s):  
Mochamad Soekardjo ◽  
Lipur Sugiyanta

Mathematics courses are given to students from elementary school to higher education which equip them with logical, analytical, systematic, critical, and creative thinking skills, as well as the ability to work together. According to the Organization for Economics Cooperation and Development (OECD) year 2013, the concep of mathematical literacy in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) supports the importance of developing strong understanding of pure mathematical concepts and the benefits involved in exploration in the abstract world of mathematics. This research produces a Mathematics strategic learning analysis of grade IX that supports high-order mathematical thinking skills (HOMT). Two (2) parts of the materials will be discussed more focused, ie (a) learning materials and (b) learning strategies. With a learning syllabus that supports the HOMT, the opportunity to increase the value of Mathematics education is greater, one of which is formulate challenging questions. Challenging Mathematical questions will meet the criteria of high-level questions (PISA has a level of questions from level 1 to level 6). HOMT supports the development of a strong understanding of pure mathematical concepts and is useful in exploration in the abstract world of mathematics. The sources of data used in the preparation of this reseach are the results of the PISA survey in 2006 and 2012 and the 2013 curriculum book sourced from the Ministry of Education and Culture.  Keywords: Mathematics grade IX, 2013 curriculum, PISA, HOMT   Abstrak Mata pelajaran Matematika diberikan kepada semua peserta didik mulai dari sekolah dasar untuk membekali peserta didik dengan kemampuan berpikir logis, analitis, sistematis, kritis, dan kreatif, serta kemampuan bekerja sama. Menurut Organization for Economics Coopration and Development (OECD) tahun 2013, konsepsi literasi matematika dalam Program for International Student Assessment PISA mendukung pentingnya siswa mengembangkan pemahaman yang kuat tentang konsep-konsep matematika murni dan manfaat yang terlibat dalam eksplorasi dalam dunia abstrak matematika. Penelitian ini menghasilkan sebuah analisis trategi pembelajaran matematika Kelas IX yang mendukung kemampuan berpikir tingkat tinggi matematika (HOMT). Dua (2) bagian dari materi akan dibahas lebih fokus, yaitu (a) materi pembelajaran dan (b) strategi pembelajaran. Dengan silabus pembelajaran yang mendukung HOMT tersebut maka peluang untuk meningkatkan nilai pendidikan Matematika lebih besar, salah satu di antaranya adalah dapat disusunnya soal-soal yang menantang. Soal-soal matematika yang menantang akan memenuhi kriteria soal level tinggi (PISA memiliki tingkatan soal dari level 1 hingga level 6). HOMT mendukung pengembangan pemahaman yang kuat tentang konsep-konsep matematika murni dan bermanfaat dalam eksplorasi dalam dunia abstrak matematika. Sumber data yang digunakan dalam penyusunan buku penelitian  ini adalah hasil survey PISA tahun 2006 dan 2012 dan buku kurikulum 2013 yang bersumber dari Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. Kata Kunci: Matematika kelas IX, Kurikulum 2013, PISA, HOMT   References B. Johnson. 2002. Contextual Teaching and Learning: What it is and why it’s here to stay. Corwin Press,Inc. California. A. Dahlan. 2009. Pengembangan model computer based e-learning untuk meningkatkan kemampuan high order mathematical thinking siswa SMA. LPPM UPI. Bandung. Watson and E. M. Glaser. 1980. Critical Thinking Appraisal. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. New York. Hakim. 2016. Analisis Gambaran Kompetensi Guru Terhadap Prestasi Belajar Siswa SMP            Pada Ujian Nasional Tahun 2015 Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. 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2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
I.A. Ukrainets

The article is devoted to the problems of teaching undergraduates of non-linguistic universities professional legal language. The author analyzes the current issues of training lawyers at the present stage, the composition and level of training of students entering the magistracy of law faculties. Based on his many years of experience in teaching the subject to law students at a law school, the author considers and proposes ways and methods of teaching legal translation to enhance its effectiveness. The article also discusses new concepts, such as “artificial intelligence” and “erratology” (error analysis), “legal jargon”, “legal professionalism” and their application in the practice of teaching a professional legal translation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-120
Author(s):  
M Zaiyar ◽  
Irfan Rusmar

Creative thinking skills one of the important aspects that must be possessed by students' mathematical thinking skills to connect mathematical concepts as well as the development of thinking processes in solving mathematical problems. The purposes of this research are to determine the level of students' creative thinking skills in solving Higher-Order Thinking questions and to investigate the students' creative thinking skills in solving Higher Order Thinking Questions. This research employed the descriptive qualitative method with 28 students who have passed the Calculus subjects the samples of the research determined through nonprobability sampling. The data were collected through tests and interviews. The research discovered that the average score obtained was 38.43%, specifically35.71%of the students were at the very creative level, 50% of the students were at the creative level, and 14, 29% of the students were at the fairly creative level. Students' creative thinking skills were lacking in creativeness and detail indicators. They were not able to solve problems properly and correctly. The fluency and flexibility indicators were in a good category. So, it can be concluded that the level of students’ creative-thinking skills in solving the Higher-Order Thinking Skills problems was at the creative level. 


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