A Novel Approach to Teaching and Assessing Students’ Critical Thinking in University Mathematics
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This paper investigates the attitudes of the university mathematics lecturers towards the use of deliberately misleading mathematics questions in teaching and assessment as a pedagogical strategy with their students. The intention of using such questions is to enhance students’ critical thinking. Critical thinking is understood here as “examining, questioning, evaluating, and challenging taken-for-granted assumptions about issues and practices” as defined by the New Zealand Ministry of Education. The study is based on a survey of university lecturers who have been introduced to the suggested pedagogical strategy. Their attitudes are compared with the attitudes of secondary school mathematics teachers.Description
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Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, ISSN: 2158-3595 (Print); 2158-3595 (Online), North American Business Press, 25(4), 54-58. doi: 10.33423/jhetp.v25i4.7843
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This is the Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice © The North American Business available "free access" at DOI: 10.33423/jhetp.v25i4.7843