A study on the STEAM literacy and problem solving of elementary gifted students in the perspective of embodied cognition: Focusing on the concept of angle in the Goldberg device.

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 403-432
Author(s):  
Min Kyeong Kim ◽  
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Ji Young Lee ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Elementary Gifted

Differentiating the Curriculum for Elementary Gifted Mathematics Students

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-13
Author(s):  
Michelle Muller Wilkins ◽  
Jesse L. M. Wilkins ◽  
Tamra Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
Elementary Gifted

Description of the Mathematics Investigation Center (MIC), a tool to help elementary teachers differentiate the curriculum for their gifted mathematics students. Using the same mathematical theme that the rest of the class is studying, the activities provide depth for the gifted students by shifting from a computation level to a problem solving level.

Moving to Solution

2013 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 403-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Werner ◽  
M. Raab
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Problem Space ◽  
Arm Swing ◽  
String Problem ◽  
Problem Solving Process ◽  
Problem Solving Task ◽  
Bodily Movements

Embodied cognition theories suggest a link between bodily movements and cognitive functions. Given such a link, it is assumed that movement influences the two main stages of problem solving: creating a problem space and creating solutions. This study explores how specific the link between bodily movements and the problem-solving process is. Seventy-two participants were tested with variations of the two-string problem (Experiment 1) and the water-jar problem (Experiment 2), allowing for two possible solutions. In Experiment 1 participants were primed with arm-swing movements (swing group) and step movements on a chair (step group). In Experiment 2 participants sat in front of three jars with glass marbles and had to sort these marbles from the outer jars to the middle one (plus group) or vice versa (minus group). Results showed more swing-like solutions in the swing group and more step-like solutions in the step group, and more addition solutions in the plus group and more subtraction solutions in the minus group. This specificity of the connection between movement and problem-solving task will allow further experiments to investigate how bodily movements influence the stages of problem solving.

Assessing affect after mathematical problem solving tasks

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Chamberlin ◽  
Robert A. Powers
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Mathematical Problem ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Mathematical Problem Solving ◽  
Model Eliciting Activities

The focus of the article is the validation of an instrument to assess gifted students’ affect after mathematical problem solving tasks. Participants were 225 students identified by their district as gifted in grades four to six. The Chamberlin Affective Instrument for Mathematical Problem Solving was used to assess feelings, emotions, and dispositions after students solved model-eliciting activities in groups of three. Through the use of principal component analysis, it was determined that three factors should be retained. The instrument holds promise because it may be used to assess affect, which has implications for identification and curricular adjustments to optimize affect.

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