%0 Book Section
%T Problem-Solving and Mathematical Research Projects: Creative Processes, Actions, and Mediations
publisher Springer
%D 2018
%U 978-3-319-99860-2
%U 978-3-319-99861-9
%@ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/113092
%X Based on the idea that the creative process is one that involves skills that can be learned and developed with practice, this chapter presents the design and development of a Mathematical Research Project (MRP) for teaching. It examines the output and development of the modalities of mediations during processes of instrumental genesis working from problem-solving tasks (PST) to arrive at Mathematical Research Projects (MRPs). We will respond to the question: What teacher mediations articulate student creativity in Mathematical Research Projects? It will specify (1) identification of the student’s activity by the teacher – the operational mathematical invariants of the students’ schemes, the cognitive processes the student puts into action, and the domains of mathematical knowledge – and (2) mediated activity between the teacher and students regarding the instrument, the object, and the subject.
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