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Recent Advances in Research on Problem Solving and Problem Posing

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The Second Handbook of Research on the Psychology of Mathematics Education

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The goal of this chapter is to describe recent advances in mathematical problem solving, as they were represented in research reports from the annual international conferences for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Delimiting the scope of this chapter was a challenge.

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    Roza Leikin

  3. Neuro-Cognitive Laboratory for the Investigation of Creativity, Ability and Giftedness, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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Weber, K., Leikin, R. (2016). Recent Advances in Research on Problem Solving and Problem Posing. In: Gutiérrez, Á., Leder, G.C., Boero, P. (eds) The Second Handbook of Research on the Psychology of Mathematics Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-561-6_10

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