Editors:
- Contributes to the general research on mathematical competencies, while offering unique and comprehensive portrait of Chinese students’ mathematics learning
- Focuses on both cognitive and non-cognitive competencies of Chinese students in mathematics learning based on a nation-wide empirical survey
- Discusses six core mathematics competencies related to both cognitive and non-cognitive aspects
- Includes insightful commentaries from experts worldwide to deepen the understanding of Chinese mathematics learning and promote discussion between scholars rooted in different research and geographical contexts
Part of the book series: Research in Mathematics Education (RME)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book seeks to illustrate the research on mathematics competencies and disposition in China according to the conceptual development and empirical investigation perspective. Mathematics education in China has a distinguishing feature a focus of attention to mathematical competency. Paradoxically, there has not been an explicit, refined, and measurable evaluation system in place to assess mathematical competency in China. While academic achievement surveys or evaluations are common, these can only give an overall conclusion about mathematical thinking skills or problem solving abilities. In response to this deficiency, China is beginning to carry out national projects that emphasize defining both a conceptual framework on core competencies in school mathematics and developing a corresponding assessment framework.
Thus, the main focus of this volume is the current investigations of different mathematics competencies and mathematical disposition of Chinese students, with the aim of promoting interaction between domestic and international student performance assessment, to provide a more comprehensive understanding of mathematics competencies and disposition in mainland China, and to stimulate innovative new directions in research. The primary audience of this volume is the large group of researchers interested in mathematics competencies, mathematics teaching and learning in China, or comparative studies, or the relation of the three. The book will also appeal to teaching trainers or instructors, as well as be an appropriate resource for graduate courses or seminars at either the master’s or doctoral level.
Keywords
- Mathematical competencies
- Mathematical disposition
- Chinese student
- PISA
- Shanghai
- Mathematical problem posing
- Mathematical problem solving
- Mathematical reasoning
- Mathematical representation
- Mathematical communication
- Mathematical modeling
- Mathematical anxiety
- Mathematics education
- Mathematics teaching and learning
- learning and instruction
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Editors and Affiliations
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College of Teacher Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Binyan Xu, Yan Zhu
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School of Mathematical Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Xiaoli Lu
About the editors
Binyan Xu is Full Professor in the College of Teacher Education of East China Normal University. She earned a B. Sc. degree in mathematics from East China Normal University in 1986, and a Ph.D. degree in mathematics education from University of Osnabrueck of Germany in 1994.
Yan Zhu is an associate professor in the College of Teacher Education of East China Normal University. She earned a B. Sc. and M. Ed. degree in mathematics education from East China Normal University, and a Ph.D. degree in mathematics education from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.
Xiaoli Lu is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mathematics of East China Normal University. She earned a B. Sc. degree in mathematics from Qingdao University, a Master’s degree in mathematics education from East China Normal University, and a Ph.D. degree in mathematics education from the University of Hong Kong
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beyond Shanghai and PISA
Book Subtitle: Cognitive and Non-cognitive Competencies of Chinese Students in Mathematics
Editors: Binyan Xu, Yan Zhu, Xiaoli Lu
Series Title: Research in Mathematics Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68157-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-68156-2Published: 08 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-68159-3Published: 08 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-68157-9Published: 07 May 2021
Series ISSN: 2570-4729
Series E-ISSN: 2570-4737
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 364
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mathematics Education, Learning & Instruction, International and Comparative Education, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation