Cognitive Demand of Mathematics Tasks in Nepali Middle School Mathematics Textbooks

Autor/inn/en	Basyal, Deepak; Jones, Dustin L.; Thapa, Mohan
Titel	Cognitive Demand of Mathematics Tasks in Nepali Middle School Mathematics Textbooks
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 21 (2023) 3, S.863-879 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Basyal, Deepak) ORCID (Jones, Dustin L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1571-0068
DOI	10.1007/s10763-022-10269-3
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Processes; Difficulty Level; Foreign Countries; Mathematics Activities; Middle School Students; Mathematics Education; Textbooks; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Textbook Evaluation; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Ausland; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Mathematische Bildung; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08
Abstract	We investigated the cognitive demand of the exercise problems that middle school students from Nepal are expected to complete. The middle school (grades 6, 7, and 8) mathematics textbooks examined in this study were published and distributed by the government of Nepal. Our data set consisted of textbooks that are currently in use in public schools of Nepal and used by majority of the middle school students in Nepal. Using the mathematical tasks framework to analyze the data, we found more than 92% tasks are of lower cognitive demands, and most tasks are at the level of procedures without connections. We also observed that the majority (more than 75%) of exercise problems are supplemented with similar worked examples. We discuss implications and suggest future studies. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01