TY - JOUR
T1 - Mathematical creativity and giftedness
T2 - A commentary on and review of theory, new operational views, and ways forward
AU - Sriraman, Bharath
AU - Haavold, Per
AU - Lee, Kyeonghwa
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - In this commentary we synthesize and critique three papers in this special issue of ZDM (Leikin and Lev; Kattou, Kontoyianni, Pitta-Pantazi, and Christou; Pitta-Pantazi, Sophocleous, and Christou). In particular we address the theory that bridges the constructs of "mathematical creativity" and "mathematical giftedness" by reviewing the related literature. Finally, we discuss the need for a reliable metric to assess problem difficulty and problem sequencing in instruments that purport to measure mathematical creativity, as well as the need to situate mathematics education research within an existing canon of work in mainstream psychology.
AB - In this commentary we synthesize and critique three papers in this special issue of ZDM (Leikin and Lev; Kattou, Kontoyianni, Pitta-Pantazi, and Christou; Pitta-Pantazi, Sophocleous, and Christou). In particular we address the theory that bridges the constructs of "mathematical creativity" and "mathematical giftedness" by reviewing the related literature. Finally, we discuss the need for a reliable metric to assess problem difficulty and problem sequencing in instruments that purport to measure mathematical creativity, as well as the need to situate mathematics education research within an existing canon of work in mainstream psychology.
KW - Creativity
KW - Gestaltism
KW - Mathematical creativity
KW - Problem sequencing and metrics
KW - Psychology, mathematics education
KW - Qualitative psychometrics
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U2 - 10.1007/s11858-013-0494-6
DO - 10.1007/s11858-013-0494-6
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84892864289
SN - 1863-9690
VL - 45
SP - 215
EP - 225
JO - ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education
JF - ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education
IS - 2
ER -