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Understanding the Sustainability of a Teaching Innovation for Problem Solving: A Systems Approach

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Mathematical Problem Solving

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This chapter investigates which key factors contributed to or impeded sustainability of a Mathematics Problem Solving teaching innovation that was implemented in four schools in Singapore. Recognizing that sustainability of teaching innovations involve several interconnected components, we adopt a systems approach for the purpose of this investigation. The research aim of this chapter is to develop a theoretical model that helps identify facilitators and impediments to sustainability of this teaching innovation. Such an identification is a first step to understanding systemic problems that plagued those schools in which this teaching innovation failed to sustain.

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    Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledge refers to the “distinct body of instruction-related and student-related mathematical knowledge and skills—the knowledge that makes mathematics accessible to students” (Baumert et al., 2010, p. 142).

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    Ho Weng Kin, Romina Ann S. Yap, Tay Eng Guan, Leong Yew Hoong, Toh Tin Lam, Quek Khiok Seng, Toh Pee Choon & Jaguthsing Dindyal

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Kin, H.W. et al. (2019). Understanding the Sustainability of a Teaching Innovation for Problem Solving: A Systems Approach. In: Liljedahl, P., Santos-Trigo, M. (eds) Mathematical Problem Solving. ICME-13 Monographs. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10472-6_15

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