Generation and generation tasks in mathematics didactics

Marianne Schäfer (1) , Rita Borromeo Ferri (2)

1 Universität Kassel [Kassel]
2 University of Kassel

As part of the PRONET project of the University of Kassel , the further development of teacher training through the "implementation of a coherent professionalisation concept" is being investigated. The aim of the subproject is to combine mathematical-didactic knowledge with pedagogically relevant and cognitive-psychologically anchored concepts, including the "desirable difficulties". The generation effect is one of the four best-known "desirable difficulties" and aims to ensure that knowledge is not merely predetermined but is generated to a certain extent from one's own knowledge. In order to achieve this, we have developed for the first time generation tasks on mathematical-didactic topics of a basic lecture for mathematics teachers at their study beginning. The generation tasks and first results are part of this paper and are complemented by the basic theory of "desirable complications".

Mots clés: Generation effect; mathematics didactics; desirable difficulties; mathematical-didactic knowledge; teacher education

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]; Education

Marianne Schäfer, Rita Borromeo Ferri. Generation and generation tasks in mathematics didactics. Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Utrecht University, Feb 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands. ⟨hal-02422681⟩